# Father Maurice — The Devil’s Pool character guide

> Father Maurice in The Devil’s Pool by George Sand.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Maurice

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-father-maurice

## Who they are

Germain's aging father-in-law, who nudges his grieving son-in-law back toward marriage and the continuation of family life.

## Relationships

### [Germain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/germain)

_family_

Father Maurice is Germain's father-in-law and employer, treating him like a son while managing his farm and urging him to remarry.

### [Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/catherine)

_family_

Catherine is Father Maurice's daughter, whose death left both men grieving and bound by family ties.

### [Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/marie)

_social_

Father Maurice knows Marie as a respectable young woman from the village, eventually approving her marriage to Germain.

### [Mother Guillette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/mother_guillette)

_social_

Father Maurice and Mother Guillette are fellow villagers who interact as neighbors in the rural community.

### [Petit-Pierre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/petit_pierre)

_family_

Father Maurice is Petit-Pierre's grandfather, showing affection and concern for the boy's future.

### [Germain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/germain)

_family_

Father Maurice is Germain's father-in-law and employer, treating him like a son while managing his farm and urging him to remarry.

### [Germain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/germain)

_family_

Father Maurice is Germain's father-in-law and employer, treating him like a son while managing his farm and urging him to remarry.

### [Catherine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/catherine)

_family_

Catherine is Father Maurice's daughter, whose death left both men grieving and bound by family ties.

### [Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/marie)

_social_

Father Maurice knows Marie as a respectable young woman from the village, eventually approving her marriage to Germain.

### [Petit-Pierre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/petit_pierre)

_family_

Father Maurice is Petit-Pierre's grandfather, showing affection and concern for the boy's future.

### [Mother Guillette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/characters/mother_guillette)

_social_

Father Maurice and Mother Guillette are fellow villagers who interact as neighbors in the rural community.

## In the story

### [II: Father Maurice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/ii-father-maurice)

Father Maurice initiates the conversation about Germain's remarriage, emphasizing duty to the children and the household.

### [III: Germain, the Skilled Husbandman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/iii-germain-the-skilled-husbandman)

Father Maurice is the pragmatic patriarch who arranges the marriage for Germain, focusing on financial stability and family harmony.

### [IV: Mother Guillette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/iv-mother-guillette)

Discusses Germain's remarriage plans with Mother Guillette and agrees to let Germain take Marie to Ormeaux.

### [XI: The Belle of the Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/xi-the-belle-of-the-village)

Mentioned as sending Germain with a present of game and instructions.

### [XII: The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/xii-the-master)

Mentioned as Germain's father-in-law who intends to buy oxen from Leonard.

### [The Return to the Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/xiv-the-return-to-the-farm)

Listens gravely to Germain's account and accepts that the marriage plan with the widow has failed.

### [XV: Mother Maurice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/xv-mother-maurice)

Mentioned as the one whose consent Mother Maurice seeks; he seems to suspect nothing during the week.

### [I: A Country Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_pool_se/chapters/i-a-country-wedding)

Spokesman for the wedding, he gives invitations and fastens the laurel branch as the 'writ'.

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