# Mame Dugan — Short Fiction character guide

> Mame Dugan in Short Fiction by O. Henry.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mame, Dugan, old man Dugan

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

## Who they are

A character, possibly a woman or an older man named Dugan.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Mame Dugan is a central romantic interest for the narrator, with frequent interactions suggesting courtship or deep emotional attachment.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Mame Dugan is a central romantic interest for the narrator, with frequent interactions suggesting courtship or deep emotional attachment.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Mame Dugan is a central romantic interest for the narrator, with frequent interactions suggesting courtship or deep emotional attachment.

## In the story

### [Cupid à la Carte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/cupid-la-carte)

Waitress at the Dugan tent who despises men's eating habits but eventually changes her view.

### [A Harlem Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/a-harlem-tragedy)

Mrs. Cassidy, who proudly displays her bruises from her husband Jack and considers them tokens of love.

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [Transients in Arcadia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/chapters/transients-in-arcadia)

Appears as Mamie Siviter, a hosiery clerk who poses as Madame Beaumont during her vacation.

### [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

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/characters/mame_dugan
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_41_se/characters