# Honoré Bontemps — Short Fiction character guide

> Honoré Bontemps in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Honoré

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

## Who they are

A man whose wife's infidelity is revealed in a public and humiliating way.

## In the story

### [XX: In Which the Doctor Has a Little Talk with His Servant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xx-in-which-the-doctor-has-a-little-talk-with-his-servant)

Honorine, the servant and mistress, confronts the Doctor about the monkey's mischief and defends her actions.

### [XXIX: How One Sometimes Exchanges Scylla for Charybdis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxix-how-one-sometimes-exchanges-scylla-for-charybdis)

Honorine, the servant, joyfully welcomes Heraclius home and has preserved the animals in the garden, leading to his violent outburst.

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

The peasant son who prioritizes harvesting his corn over his dying mother, bargaining with the nurse to save money.

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