# Gapka — Short Fiction character guide

> Gapka in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0029-i-ivan-ivanovitch-and-ivan-nikiforovitch

## Who they are

A servant in the household of the two Ivans.

## In the story

### [I: Ivan Ivanovitch and Ivan Nikiforovitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/i-ivan-ivanovitch-and-ivan-nikiforovitch)

Ivan Ivanovitch's healthy, ruddy-cheeked housekeeper who carries the keys to the storerooms and cellars, and has children who run about the courtyard.

### [What Took Place After Ivan Ivanovitch’s Quarrel with Ivan Nikiforovitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/iii-what-took-place-after-ivan-ivanovitch-s-quarrel-with-ivan-nikiforovitch)

Ivan Ivanovitch's serving-maid; he scolds her after the quarrel and later orders her to watch for possible arson.

### [What Took Place Before the District Judge of Mirgorod](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/iv-what-took-place-before-the-district-judge-of-mirgorod)

Mentioned in Ivan Nikiforovitch's plaint as the mistress ordered to kill a sheep on the eve of St. Philip's.

### [V: In Which Are Detailed the Deliberations of Two Important Personages of Mirgorod](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/v-in-which-are-detailed-the-deliberations-of-two-important-personages-of-mirgorod)

Mentioned as the woman who makes sausages that the chief of police requests.

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