# Mr. Clarence — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Clarence in Short Fiction by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clarence

**First appearance:** 0000-in-the-modern-vein

## Who they are

A character in a story of love.

## In the story

### [The Apple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-apple)

The unnamed stranger in the carriage who claims to possess the Apple of the Tree of Knowledge. He is tall, dark, sunburnt, with pale face and dark-grey eyes, and speaks earnestly about the burden of forbidden knowledge.

### [The Truth About Pyecraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-truth-about-pyecraft)

The narrator, a club member who helps Pyecraft and is burdened by his secret.

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