# Maud Peters — Short Fiction character guide

> Maud Peters in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Maud

**First appearance:** 0000-when-papa-swore-in-hindustani

## Snapshot

A young woman whose jealous fiancé abruptly reforms into a smiling stranger, leaving her to consult a newspaper agony aunt about whether his cure is worse than the disease.

## Who they are

Maud is engaged to Arthur, whose scowls and bitten lips she had learned to read as proof of love until he suddenly became sunny, docile, and unreadable. The change unnerves her more than the jealousy did, and the little imp at the back of her mind whispers that he is merely tired of her. She matters because her anxious visit to Dr. Cupid's advice column turns a domestic comedy into a study of how certainty, even unpleasant certainty, can be what a heart actually craves.

## Relationships

### [Arthur Welsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/characters/arthur_welsh)

_romantic_

Arthur and Maud share a romantic relationship, possibly with elements of longing or devotion.

### [Arthur Welsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/characters/arthur_welsh)

_romantic_

Arthur and Maud share a romantic relationship, possibly with elements of longing or devotion.

## In the story

### [When Doctors Disagree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/when-doctors-disagree)

Arthur's fiancée and a manicurist. She is distressed by Arthur's jealousy and later by his apparent indifference, leading her to seek advice and test his feelings.

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