# Tupcombe — Short Fiction character guide

> Tupcombe in Short Fiction by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The long-tried Tupcombe

**First appearance:** 0002-destiny-and-a-blue-cloak

## Who they are

A long-serving servant who observes the household's dramas.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/xvi)

The old lime-burner who advises Jim against further provocation and witnesses Margery's disappearance.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/xvii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/andrey-satchel-and-the-parson-and-clerk)

The parson's clerk and gardener, who also loves hunting and locks the couple in the tower.

### [Dame the First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/dame-the-first)

Tupcombe is the loyal servant who delivers Reynard's letter to Squire Dornell and later spies on the household.

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