# Mrs. Gabriel — Ghost Stories character guide

> Mrs. Gabriel in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-the-room-in-the-tower

## Who they are

A woman involved in eerie occurrences.

## In the story

### [And the Dead Spake—](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/and-the-dead-spake)

Horton's housekeeper, a woman tried for the murder of her husband but acquitted. She is described as efficient, silent, and talks to herself constantly. Horton hired her deliberately, viewing her as a safeguard against being murdered.

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