# Polyte — Short Fiction character guide

> Polyte in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Polyte

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

## Who they are

A farmhand who has a secret affair with a farmer's wife.

## In the story

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

Drinking companion of Matthew; mentioned as having been far beyond a hundred on the boozometer.

### [Queen Hortense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/queen-hortense)

Mentioned as a cat that stretches and jumps onto Madame Cimme's lap.

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

The eldest brother who calls the family to hurry for the christening.

### [Confessing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/confessing)

The coachman who propositioned Céleste and is the father of her unborn child.

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

A former laborer and soldier, suspected of stealing the rabbit; found hiding under a bed with the cooked rabbit and its skin.

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