# Theophil Eshley — Short Fiction character guide

> Theophil Eshley in Short Fiction by Saki.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eshley

**First appearance:** 0049-the-chaplet

## Who they are

An artist whose painting causes a social stir.

## Relationships

### [Adela Pingsford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/characters/adela_pingsford)

_psychological_

Adela and Theophil have a manipulative or obsessive dynamic, with intense psychological interplay.

### [Adela Pingsford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/characters/adela_pingsford)

_psychological_

Adela and Theophil have a manipulative or obsessive dynamic, with intense psychological interplay.

### [Adela Pingsford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/characters/adela_pingsford)

_psychological_

Adela and Theophil have a manipulative or obsessive dynamic, with intense psychological interplay.

## In the story

### [The Stalled Ox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/the-stalled-ox)

A cattle painter who is called to remove an ox from his neighbor's garden; he eventually paints the ox in the morning-room, leading to his artistic success.

## Links

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