# McLeod — Short Fiction character guide

> McLeod in Short Fiction by M. R. James.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-a-neighbour-s-landmark

## Who they are

A character who encounters a ghostly figure in a field.

## In the story

### [A School Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_35_se/chapters/a-school-story)

Highland boy and friend of the narrator; writes a mysterious Latin sentence; falls ill; claims to see a figure on Sampson's windowsill.

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