# Herman Deluse — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Herman Deluse in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Deluse, Deluse

**First appearance:** 0062-at-old-man-eckert-s

## Who they are

An old man who experiences a strange and terrifying encounter.

## In the story

### [The Isle of Pines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-isle-of-pines)

Reclusive old man, rumored former pirate, found dead on November 10, 1867; later appears to Reverend Galbraith as a sleepwalker.

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