# David Mignot — Short Fiction character guide

> David Mignot in Short Fiction by O. Henry.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** David, Mignot

**First appearance:** 0000-lord-oakhurst-s-curse

## Snapshot

A young man pressing a lawyer with questions about a shooting he can't explain, caught between a sheep man's flat refusal to speculate and his own need to know.

## Who they are

David Mignot sits in the smoker's haze of an inquest-by-conversation, the young questioner whose 'Do you think—' gets cut off before it lands. The sheep man will only tell what he saw: a Winchester ball through a head, no gun heard, Sallie's account, and no theories offered. David's persistence — and the wall it hits — sets the story's tone of stubborn fact against human hunger for meaning.

## In the story

### [Cherchez La Femme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/cherchez-la-femme)

Dumars, reporter for L'Abeille; Creole; co-investigator; bids against Robbins at auction before pooling funds.

### [Roads of Destiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/roads-of-destiny)

The young poet who leaves his home and Yvonne to seek fame in Paris.

### [The Left Branch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-left-branch)

A shepherd and poet who becomes the unwilling groom of Lucie de Varennes and is killed in a duel with the marquis.

### [The Right Branch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-right-branch)

A young poet from Vernoy who travels to Paris, lodges in Rue Conti, and becomes unwittingly entangled in a royal conspiracy.

### [The Main Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-main-road)

A shepherd and poet who struggles between his domestic duties and his passion for poetry, ultimately leading to his tragic end.

### [One Thousand Dollars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/one-thousand-dollars)

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Rathskeller and the Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-rathskeller-and-the-rose)

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Making of a New Yorker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-making-of-a-new-yorker)

Not present in this chapter.

### [An Adjustment of Nature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/an-adjustment-of-nature)

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Handbook of Hymen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/the-handbook-of-hymen)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Calloway's Code](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/calloway-s-code)

Not directly present; the story focuses on the Enterprise staff.

### [Proof of the Pudding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/proof-of-the-pudding)

Not present in this chapter.

### [No Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/no-story)

Not present in this chapter.

### [A Poor Rule](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/a-poor-rule)

Not present in this chapter.

## Links

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