# The Servants — Short Fiction character guide

> The Servants in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-old-fashioned-farmers

## Who they are

Household staff in various stories, often comic figures.

## In the story

### [II: From Which May Be Seen Whence Arose the Discussion Between Ivan Ivanovitch and Ivan Nikiforovitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/ii-from-which-may-be-seen-whence-arose-the-discussion-between-ivan-ivanovitch-and-ivan-nikiforovitch)

A fat woman and a small boy appear at the door to carry out Ivan Nikiforovitch's order to lead Ivan Ivanovitch out.

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