# Morin — Short Fiction character guide

> Morin in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Madame Morin

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

## Who they are

A man who is arrested for assaulting a woman on a train and must face the consequences.

## In the story

### [That Pig, Morin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/that-pig-morin)

The protagonist who is arrested for assaulting a young woman on a train.

### [That Pig, Morin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/that-pig-morin)

Morin's wife, who is affected by the scandal.

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

A draper from La Rochelle who, after a fortnight in Paris, attempts to kiss a young woman on a train and is arrested.

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

The man who assaulted Mademoiselle Henriette on the train; he is distraught and seeks help from the narrator.

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

The 'pig Morin' whose legal trouble is resolved; he dies two years later, haunted by the epithet.

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