# De Garelle — Short Fiction character guide

> De Garelle in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** M. de Garelle

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

## Who they are

A young man who is the lover of the Marquise Obardi.

## In the story

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/scene-i)

The protagonist, a divorced bachelor, reflects on his past marriage and anticipates new romantic encounters.

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

Confronts his ex-wife, proposing a secret affair as compensation for her past infidelity.

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