# Mr. Notary — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Notary in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0032-iv-what-took-place-before-the-district-judge-of-mirgorod

## Who they are

A notary involved in the legal proceedings of the two Ivans.

## In the story

### [IV: Wild Pranks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/iv-wild-pranks)

Participates in the interrogation of the headman's sister-in-law.

### [VI: The Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/vi-the-awakening)

Reads the Commissary's note aloud and comments on the rarity of a Commissary dining with a headman.

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