# Rev. Mr. Cummings — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Rev. Mr. Cummings in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Cummings

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

## Who they are

A reverend who encounters a ghostly figure.

## In the story

### [Present at a Hanging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/present-at-a-hanging)

A Baptist minister who encounters the ghostly peddler on the bridge and later discovers Baker's body.

### [That of Granny Magone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/that-of-granny-magone)

The Methodist minister who conducted the funeral and related the events.

### [A Light Sleeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-light-sleeper)

Mentioned as the physician who examined the body and pronounced life extinct.

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