# Gaspard Hari — Short Fiction character guide

> Gaspard Hari in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gaspard, old Gaspard Hari, old Hari, old Gaspard, Old Hari, Old Gaspard, Hari, Old Gaspard Hari

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

## Who they are

An old Norman peasant whose life is marked by a terrible secret.

## In the story

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

The younger d'Orgemol brother, more cautious in announcing the woodcock arrival; he fires the shot signaling their arrival.

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

Old guide left to tend the inn for the winter; experienced in solitude, he goes hunting and disappears.

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

Old Lecacheur, the wealthy farmer and mayor of Pavigny-le-Gras, who reports the stolen rabbit and oversees the investigation.

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

Implied as Patin, the abusive fisherman husband.

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