# Machmout — Ghost Stories character guide

> Machmout in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Egypt Machmout, the hypnotised Machmout, little Machmout

**First appearance:** 0004-at-abdul-ali-s-grave

## Snapshot

A young Egyptian boy placed under hypnosis, he becomes the unsettling instrument through which a ghost story reaches its strangest depths.

## Who they are

Machmout is a boy of Luxor drawn into the experiments of travelers curious about the boundaries of mind and memory. Under hypnosis he becomes something other than himself, a vessel for forces that the rational observers cannot fully control or explain. His small figure at the center of uncanny events gives the tale its peculiar power, mixing colonial-era curiosity with genuine dread.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Machmout is a sinister figure who exerts a fearful, obsessive influence over the narrator.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Machmout is a sinister figure who exerts a fearful, obsessive influence over the narrator.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Machmout is a sinister figure who exerts a fearful, obsessive influence over the narrator.

## In the story

### [At Abdul Ali's Grave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/at-abdul-ali-s-grave)

The clairvoyant servant who uses an ink-mirror for white magic and reacts with terror when given the black cubes.

## Links

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