# Murlock — In the Midst of Life character guide

> Murlock in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0064-the-boarded-window

## Who they are

A young homesteader who nurses his fever-stricken wife to her death, then keeps a nightlong vigil beside her body in a lonely cabin.

## In the story

### [In the Midst of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/in-the-midst-of-life)

A man whose wife dies, leading to a haunting encounter with a panther.

### [A Son of the Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/a-son-of-the-gods)

Not present in this chapter; no character named Murlock appears.

### [The Boarded Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/the-boarded-window)

The protagonist, a frontiersman who loses his wife and later dies alone in his cabin.

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