# Dick — Soldiers’ Pay character guide

> Dick in Soldiers’ Pay by William Faulkner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dear dead Dick, ugly Dick

**First appearance:** 0011-iii

## Who they are

A deceased soldier remembered by others.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/iii)

Margaret's deceased husband, remembered with bitterness and sorrow. His death in France is a source of her ongoing grief.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/iii)

Margaret's deceased first husband, remembered with grief.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/xiii)

Referenced in Margaret's thoughts: 'Dick, Dick. How well you got out of this mess!'

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