# Lawrence Barting — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Lawrence Barting in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Lawrence Barting, Barting, Mr. Barting

**First appearance:** 0050-a-cold-greeting

## Who they are

A man who returns from the dead to deliver a message.

## Relationships

### [Ben Greene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/ben_greene)

_psychological_

Ben Greene is haunted by the ghost of Lawrence Barting, who returns to exact a terrible revenge.

### [Ben Greene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/ben_greene)

_psychological_

Ben Greene is haunted by the ghost of Lawrence Barting, who returns to exact a terrible revenge.

## In the story

### [A Cold Greeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-cold-greeting)

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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