# Harry Retford — Cakes and Ale character guide

> Harry Retford in Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Harris, Good old Harry, dear Henry, Harry

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A friend of the narrator's youth, a cheerful, improvident man.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xiv)

Arranges for Rosie to be photographed by a fashionable photographer.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xv)

An actor with a devil-may-care attitude who takes Rosie out, often without money.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cakes_and_ale_se/chapters/xvii)

Invites the narrator to dinner, hinting at his knowledge of the affair, and is described as a 'gay dog' with a sarcastic humor.

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