# Margaret Corray — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Margaret Corray in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Margaret Corray, Miss Corray

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

## Who they are

A woman who becomes involved in a supernatural event.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/iii)

Arrives unexpectedly with her mother; engaged to the narrator; walks with Dr. Dorrimore, causing the narrator's jealousy.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/iv)

Seen clinging to Dr. Dorrimore's arm in the cemetery; the hotel clerk denies her existence.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/v)

Now the narrator's wife; she was living in Oakland during the events, unaware of his whereabouts.

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