# Mr. Rivers — Soldiers’ Pay character guide

> Mr. Rivers in Soldiers’ Pay by William Faulkner.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-iii

## Who they are

A minor character with limited appearances.

## Relationships

### [Cecily Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/cecily_saunders)

_social_

Cecily Saunders and Mr. Rivers have a formal, distant social acquaintance.

### [Cecily Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/cecily_saunders)

_social_

Cecily Saunders and Mr. Rivers have a formal, distant social acquaintance.

### [Cecily Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/cecily_saunders)

_social_

Cecily Saunders and Mr. Rivers have a formal, distant social acquaintance.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/viii)

A Princeton-educated young man, frustrated by Cecily's attention to Dough and Madden, he tries to manipulate the situation.

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

Present at the dance; Cecily grasps his arm for comfort.

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