# Janette Harford — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Janette Harford in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Janette Harford, Miss Harford, Janette

**First appearance:** 0026-beyond-the-wall

## Who they are

A woman who becomes involved in a supernatural event.

## Relationships

### [Gordon Doyle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/gordon_doyle)

_romantic_

Gordon Doyle and Janette Harford are lovers, but their romance is haunted by a spectral premonition.

### [Silas Deemer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/silas_deemer)

_family_

Janette Harford is Silas Deemer's daughter, and their relationship is cold and distant due to his dark secrets.

### [Gordon Doyle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/gordon_doyle)

_romantic_

Gordon Doyle and Janette Harford are lovers, but their romance is haunted by a spectral premonition.

## In the story

### [The Secret of Macarger's Gulch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-secret-of-macarger-s-gulch)

Mrs. Morgan, who reacts with disgust to the gruesome details of the murder.

### [III: Statement of the Late Julia Hetman, Through the Medium Bayrolles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/iii-statement-of-the-late-julia-hetman-through-the-medium-bayrolles)

The deceased Julia Hetman, who narrates her own murder and subsequent ghostly existence.

### [A Psychological Shipwreck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-psychological-shipwreck)

Young Englishwoman traveling with her servant; she and Jarrett share a strange psychic connection.

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