# Framton Nuttel — Short Fiction character guide

> Framton Nuttel in Short Fiction by Saki.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Framton

**First appearance:** 0022-the-reticence-of-lady-anne

## Snapshot

A jittery city man sent to the countryside for a nerve cure, whose trusting nature makes him easy prey for a practiced storyteller.

## Who they are

Framton Nuttel arrives at a rural household armed with letters of introduction and a doctor's orders to avoid excitement, a prescription that proves spectacularly ill-suited to his hostess. Anxious, literal-minded, and desperate to make a good impression, he has no defense against Vera's carefully calibrated tale. His credulity is the hinge on which the story's famous trick turns, and his nervous condition raises the stakes of every detail he is told.

## In the story

### [The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/the-disappearance-of-crispina-umberleigh)

The Journalist who listens to the Wine Merchant's account.

### [The Open Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/the-open-window)

A nervous visitor seeking a rest cure, easily frightened by Vera's fabricated tragedy.

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