# Lieutenant Dudley — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Lieutenant Dudley in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dudley

**First appearance:** 0053-soldier-folk

## Who they are

A lieutenant who experiences a strange and fatal encounter.

## In the story

### [A Resumed Identity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-resumed-identity)

A fellow officer who interacts with Byring and helps reveal the truth about his past.

### [Two Military Executions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/two-military-executions)

The officer struck by Greene; feels guilt and is killed by a mysterious bullet after Greene's ghost speaks.

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