# Matilda — Short Fiction character guide

> Matilda in Short Fiction by Clark Ashton Smith.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-the-malay-krise

## Who they are

A character mentioned in the text.

## Relationships

### [Jonas McGillicuddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/jonas_mcgillicuddy)

_family_

Jonas McGillicuddy is Matilda's overprotective father, constantly worried about her suitors.

### [Jonas McGillicuddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/jonas_mcgillicuddy)

_family_

Jonas McGillicuddy is Matilda's overprotective father, constantly worried about her suitors.

### [Jonas McGillicuddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/jonas_mcgillicuddy)

_family_

Jonas McGillicuddy is Matilda's overprotective father, constantly worried about her suitors.

## In the story

### [The Phantoms of the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-phantoms-of-the-fire)

Jonas's wife; appears in the phantom vision but had already died in the fire four days earlier.

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