# Mr. Barwell — In the Midst of Life character guide

> Mr. Barwell in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0040-the-man-out-of-the-nose

## Who they are

A man who witnesses a strange event.

## In the story

### [The Man Out of the Nose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/the-man-out-of-the-nose)

A civil and mining engineer from Sacramento, whose wife had an affair with John Hardshaw. He returned from Peru to find his wife dead and Hardshaw's public display of grief.

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