# Clochette — Short Fiction character guide

> Clochette in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother Clochette, this Mother Clochette

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

An old nun who tells a story of a tragic love from her youth.

## In the story

### [The Christening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-christening)

The nurse carrying the infant during the christening procession.

### [The Patron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-patron)

The old priest, Abbé Ceinture, who deceives Marin into giving him letters of recommendation.

### [The Keeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-keeper)

Céleste, the old cook who dies in the fire.

### [Clochette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/clochette)

The old, bearded, limping dressmaker who visits weekly; revealed to have been a beautiful young woman who sacrificed her leg and future for a lover.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as the English governess Miss Smith, who is present at the dinner table with the children.

## Links

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