# Harry Bellamy — Short Fiction character guide

> Harry Bellamy in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Harry, the Bellamy, Harry Cromwell

**First appearance:** 0042-the-ice-palace

## Snapshot

Sally Carrol's Northern fiancé, proud of his athletes and wheat men, who cannot see that his country is freezing her out.

## Who they are

Harry brings Sally Carrol home to a dinner of Princeton tackles and Yale hockey captains, demanding she admire a man's country and its greatest financiers. He is generous, oblivious, and utterly certain that his world is the one worth having; when Patton repeats Harry's own line about the good-looking crowd, Sally Carrol starts. His blindness to what she shivers at is the quiet engine of her disquiet.

## Relationships

### [Sally Carrol Happer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/sally_carroll_happer)

_romantic_

Harry is romantically involved with Sally Carrol, but their relationship is strained by cultural differences and Harry's possessiveness.

### [Sally Carrol Happer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/sally_carroll_happer)

_romantic_

Harry is romantically involved with Sally Carrol, but their relationship is strained by cultural differences and Harry's possessiveness.

### [Sally Carrol Happer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/sally_carroll_happer)

_romantic_

Harry is romantically involved with Sally Carrol, but their relationship is strained by cultural differences and Harry's possessiveness.

## In the story

### [The Ice Palace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/the-ice-palace)

Sally Carrol's fiancé, who is enthusiastic about the Northern winter and tries to help her adjust, but fails to understand her deep discomfort.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ii)

Visits from the North to settle the engagement, listens to Sally Carrol's reflections, and agrees to marry in March.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Shows enthusiasm for the carnival and ice palace; tries to reassure Sally Carrol about Northern social norms.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Sally Carrol's fiancé; defends Northern views, argues with her about Southerners, then apologizes and reconciles.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/v)

Escorts Sally Carrol to the ice palace; becomes separated from her in the labyrinth and is described as 'half-crazy' with worry during the search.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/i)

Jeffrey's closest friend; married to Kitty; visits the Curtains and reflects on his own marriage.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ii)

Harry departs after a week, leaving Roxanne and Jeffrey alone.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Harry Cromwell is a frequent visitor who offers sympathy to Roxanne during Jeffrey's illness.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Arrives at Marlowe exhausted and distraught over Kitty's abandonment; reflects on his marriage and hunger.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/vi)

Divorced friend of Roxanne and Jeffrey, visiting from Chicago, reminiscing about the past.

## Links

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