Pod Clock

Pod Clock is the husband of Homily and father of Arrietty. He is also a skilled shoemaker.

In his youth, Pod was among the best Borrowers and his family was very wealthy as a result. However, the kitchen boiler burst and flooded the house one March, and while working to salvage things, Pod fell ill. Hendreary and other Borrowers helped out, but most of the belongings were ruined. Afterwards, Pod got tired more easily when climbing curtains.

The Clocks remain living in Firbank Hall long after all the other Borrowers have left.

In television and film media, he was portrayed by Eddie Albert in the 1973 film, Ian Holm in the BBC series, Jim Broadbent in the 1997 film and Christopher Eccleston in the 2011 film.

Trivia

 * In The Borrowers, he is described as "half a head taller than [Homily]." This is contradicted in The Borrowers Aloft: "Homily could manage, though, with her long wrists and arms; she was a little taller than Pod."