# Father Adam — Travel Essays character guide

> Father Adam in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Adam with divine fitness

**First appearance:** 0047-our-lady-of-the-snows

## Who they are

A monk or religious figure at the monastery.

## In the story

### [The Donkey, the Pack, and the Packsaddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-donkey-the-pack-and-the-packsaddle)

The old man from whom Modestine was bought; he sheds a tear at the separation.

### [Farewell, Modestine!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/farewell-modestine)

Mentioned as having wept when he sold Modestine to the narrator.

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