# Sandy — Ghost Stories character guide

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

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Abdul Ali, Abdul, the dead Abdul

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

## Snapshot

Known also as Abdul Ali, a dead man whose grave at Luxor draws the curious and becomes the center of an uncanny reckoning.

## Who they are

Abdul Ali is a figure from Luxor's past whose grave, visited by travelers who linger after the tourists have fled, becomes the focus of supernatural attention. Around him gather the fanatic few who believe the real Egypt wakes only when the hotel empties and the heat settles over the Theban plain. His death and burial raise questions of justice and restless spirits that the living cannot easily dismiss.

## In the story

### [Gavon's Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/gavon-s-eve)

Sandy, desperate to learn Catrine's fate, consults a witch and attempts a dangerous invocation; he drowns after rushing into the pool when Catrine's apparition appears.

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

The deceased Abdul Ali, whose body is exhumed and subjected to a black magic ritual to reveal the location of his money.

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