Can Such Things Be? · Character
Lawrence Barting
A man who returns from the dead to deliver a message.
minor
Also known as Mr. Lawrence Barting, Barting, Mr. Barting
First appearance: A Cold Greeting
Lawrence Barting's tie to Ben Greene is one of the pressures that moves Can Such Things Be?—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Deceased friend who had an agreement with Conway to communicate from beyond the grave; his photograph shows him without a mustache, matching the man Conway saw.
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- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Returned from Dead
- Fatal Encounters
- Family Secrets
- Protagonist
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- Ben Greene
psychological · negative
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psychological · negative
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