The Mist in the Mirror

Sir James Monmouth is troubled by memories of the night he took shelter at the Cross Keys Inn. The boy with the pale face...the old woman behind the curtain...the terrible scream...the mist in the mirror...did they have any reality beyond his fevered imagination? However, it was Monmouth's obsession with Conrad Vane, the great traveller, which consumed his mind. This led him to strange people, including the boy with the pale face, recurring as if in a dream.