# Sorieul — Short Fiction character guide

> Sorieul in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A Norman farmer who tells a story about a clever trick played on a neighbor.

## In the story

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

The host of the dinner, now deceased; he instigates the military costumes and the mock trial of the burglar.

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

Referred to as Prosper Horslaville, a mischievous friend who teases Mother 'Toine and suggests hatching eggs under Toine.

### [Mister Belhomme's Beast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mister-belhomme-s-beast)

The schoolmaster from Rollebosc-les-Grinets, a tall, hesitant man who participates in the ear treatment and laughs at the discovery of the flea.

## Links

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