# Madame Lecacheur — Short Fiction character guide

> Madame Lecacheur in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lecacheur

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

## Who they are

A shrewd innkeeper who hosts a memorable dinner party.

## In the story

### [A Norman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-norman)

Matthew's wife, Mélie, who scolds him for his drinking and helps with the saints.

### [André’s Disease](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/andr-s-disease)

Mathilde, the lawyer's wife, who engages in an affair with Captain Sommerive.

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

The austere farmhouse innkeeper who dislikes Miss Harriet and refers to her as a 'demoniac.'

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

The innkeeper who is shown the narrator's painting but fails to appreciate it.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii)

The landlady of the farmhouse who is distressed by the narrator's announcement of his departure.

### [Country Courts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/country-courts)

Mentioned in the clerk's call for the next case, Célestin Polyte Lecacheur versus Prosper Magloire Dieulafait.

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

The Rapet woman, an old washerwoman who nurses the dying, greedy and malicious, who frightens Mother Bontemps to death to fulfill her contract.

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

Lecacheur's wife; a thin, energetic, neat woman who detests Polyte and is furious about the theft.

### [The Drowned Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-drowned-man)

Witness or participant in the events surrounding the drowning.

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

Referred to as old Mother Patin, the abused wife of Patin.

## Links

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