# Mariet — Short Fiction character guide

> Mariet in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mute Mariet

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Snapshot

Mute Mariet gives herself to the narrator with the passion of a mistress, the service of a slave, and the loyalty of a friend, all without a word.

## Who they are

Innocent in her beauty and silent by nature, Mariet is the woman who shares the narrator's sealed rooms during the days he spends solving chess problems and contemplating a life he holds in his hands. Her devotion is total and unspoken, and the narrator treats her as both marvel and mystery, a presence he enjoys rather than questions. She matters because her mute, unquestioning care throws the narrator's cold, calculating grandeur into relief, making his isolation feel chosen and his tenderness suspect.

## Relationships

### [Haggart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/haggart)

_romantic_

Haggart and Mariet share a deep, possibly obsessive romantic bond marked by intense emotional and physical closeness.

### [Haggart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/haggart)

_romantic_

Haggart and Mariet share a deep, possibly obsessive romantic bond marked by intense emotional and physical closeness.

### [Haggart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/haggart)

_romantic_

Haggart and Mariet share a deep, possibly obsessive romantic bond marked by intense emotional and physical closeness.

## In the story

### [Silence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/silence)

Mute Mariet embodies the theme of silence as she is physically unable to speak, her silence a permanent condition that isolates her from others.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/i)

A young woman who observes the light in the castle, speaks with Old Dan, and confronts Haggart. She is betrothed to Philipp but does not love him.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

The abbot's daughter, devoted to Haggart; she expresses her love through silent sacrifice and gifts of nature.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iv)

Mariet is mentioned as Haggart's wife, who calls him by his invented name, though she does not appear in the chapter.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vi)

Confesses to killing Philipp to save Haggart, but he sees through her lie; she leaves to see little Noni.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vii)

Pleads with Haggart to kill her; laughs at Khorre's hanging; questions Haggart's pardon.

## Links

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