A selection of 16 short stories by William Wymark Jacobs, best known for his sea stories. Mr. Mott brought his niece home from the station with considerable pride. Although he had received a photograph to assist identification, he had been very dubious about accosting the pretty, well-dressed girl who had stepped from the train and gazed around with dove-like eyes in search of him. Now he was comfortably conscious of the admiring gaze of his younger fellow-townsmen. You'll find it a bit dull after London, I expect, he remarked, as he inserted his key in the door of a small house in a quiet street.
