# Mother Magloire — Short Fiction character guide

> Mother Magloire in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother, Old Mother Magloire

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

## Who they are

An old woman who outwits a greedy notary with a clever trick.

## Relationships

### [Monsieur Parent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/monsieur_parent)

_social_

Monsieur Parent and Mother Magloire are casual acquaintances, often interacting in domestic settings.

### [Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/doctor_heraclius_gloss)

_professional_

Doctor Heraclius Gloss and Mother Magloire have a working relationship, with her assisting in his questionable practices.

### [Monsieur Parent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/monsieur_parent)

_social_

Monsieur Parent and Mother Magloire are casual acquaintances, often interacting in domestic settings.

### [Monsieur Parent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/monsieur_parent)

_social_

Monsieur Parent and Mother Magloire are casual acquaintances, often interacting in domestic settings.

### [Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/doctor_heraclius_gloss)

_professional_

Doctor Heraclius Gloss and Mother Magloire have a working relationship, with her assisting in his questionable practices.

### [Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/characters/doctor_heraclius_gloss)

_professional_

Doctor Heraclius Gloss and Mother Magloire have a working relationship, with her assisting in his questionable practices.

## In the story

### [The Little Cask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-cask)

The elderly farm owner who agrees to the annuity deal and later succumbs to Chicot's scheme, dying from a fall while drunk.

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

Referred to as Mother 'Toine, the tavern-keeper's wife; a tall, thin, perpetually angry woman who raises chickens and resents her husband.

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

Referred to as 'old mother 'Toine,' the wife who cares for Toine but resents his laziness and disrupts his games.

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

The ninety-two-year-old dying mother, resigned to death but still gripped by Norman avarice, giving her son leave to leave her alone.

### [The Mother Superior's Twenty-Five Francs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-mother-superior-s-twenty-five-francs)

The Mother Superior who gives Pavilly twenty-five francs and is fond of him, unaware that the money led to his second accident.

### [Boitelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/boitelle)

Boitelle's mother, who is shocked by the Negress's appearance and voices concerns about her suitability.

## Links

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