# Mr. Leyland — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Leyland in Short Fiction by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Leyland, Leyland who had apparently been asleep

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A character who appears in a story, sometimes found asleep.

## In the story

### [The Story of a Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-story-of-a-panic)

The narrator who recounts the events of the panic and observes Eustace's change.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i)

A conceited, would-be artist who criticizes the landscape and laments the loss of Pan.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii)

Suffers a torn nail; objects to returning for Eustace; dismisses the boy as 'that unspeakable Philistine.'

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii)

Participates in the capture and comments dismissively on Eustace's speech.

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