# Pompey — Short Fiction character guide

> Pompey in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0022-a-predicament

## Who they are

Servant who accompanies Psyche Zenobia on her misadventure.

## In the story

### [A Predicament](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/a-predicament)

The elderly, corpulent negro servant who accompanies Zenobia, supports her during the ascent, and is scolded when he can no longer bear her weight.

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