# Hubert Blair — Short Fiction character guide

> Hubert Blair in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Robert, Hubert, Lambert

**First appearance:** 0206-i

## Snapshot

A jaunty, popular boy whose whistled Grizzly Bear down a moonlit alley walks him straight into the Scandal Detectives' ambush.

## Who they are

Hubert Blair is the kind of son who kisses his mother, sets his cap at an angle, and takes the alley shortcut without a second thought. When anonymous notes signed S. D. begin arriving, his father asks careful questions and Hubert answers with the cheerful vagueness of a boy who has never had an enemy worth naming. The decoy telephone call and the masked figures waiting in the alley make him the unwitting center of a boys' conspiracy that is part game and part genuine menace.

## Relationships

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_rivalry_

Basil views Hubert as a rival for social status and romantic attention, leading to competitive tension between them.

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_rivalry_

Basil views Hubert as a rival for social status and romantic attention, leading to competitive tension between them.

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_rivalry_

Basil views Hubert as a rival for social status and romantic attention, leading to competitive tension between them.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Imogene as a boy she likes equally with Basil; Basil accepts him philosophically.

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

A charismatic and athletic newcomer who charms the girls and outshines Basil at the gathering.

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

Target of Basil's vengeful scheme for his indiscretions with other girls.

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

The target of the Scandal Detectives' prank; cheerful and unsuspecting; receives a decoy phone call and walks into the alley.

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

Hubert arrives with his father, claiming to have fought off a gang of toughs, and embellishes his story throughout the evening.

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

Has left with his mother for the seashore for the summer; his charm and mannerisms are admired by Basil.

### [A Night at the Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/a-night-at-the-fair)

A boy who leads the raucous parade with Olive, twirling a cane and drawing attention. He is part of the wild group that Basil observes from the Van Schellinger box.

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

Mentioned as the proposed leading man in Basil's play to persuade Evelyn to join.

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

A charming but disruptive cast member who quits after a heated argument with Basil.

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

Mentioned as the type of person Evelyn Beebe prefers—someone who can reach her through her senses.

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