Short Fiction · Character
Sampson
A character who encounters a ghostly figure in a library.
minor
Also known as Mr. Sampson
First appearance: the tractate middoth
Sampson shows up with force in A School Story. The page is where that presence becomes real.
New master at the school; possesses a gold Byzantine coin with his initials and a date; disappears after McLeod's strange vision.
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- Ghostly Figures in Fields & Libraries
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- Closing
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See Sampson in the tractate middoth