# Mrs. Williamson — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Mrs. Williamson in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Williamson

**First appearance:** 0058-some-haunted-houses

## Who they are

A woman who is haunted by a ghostly apparition.

## In the story

### [The Damned Thing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-damned-thing)

Coroner presiding over the inquest into Hugh Morgan's death.

### [The Difficulty of Crossing a Field](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-difficulty-of-crossing-a-field)

The planter who mysteriously disappears while crossing a pasture.

### [The Difficulty of Crossing a Field](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-difficulty-of-crossing-a-field)

Williamson's wife, who loses her reason after the event.

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