Devil-in-the-Fog

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Canonical title

Devil-in-the-Fog

Original publication date

1966

People/Characters

Mister Thomas Treet; George Treet; Sir John Dexter; Lady Dexter; Captain Richard Dexter; Dr. Newby (show all 9); Mrs. Montague; Joseph (servant); Mr. Craddock

Important places

Shoreham, Sussex, England, UK; Fulking, Sussex, England

First words

My father is put in the stocks again! Oh! The injustice of it!

Quotations

…rooms with deep, old windows, where the light, once inside,seemed to fumble for a way out…

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Then he turned and went slowly back towards his room, ignoring Joseph's offer of assistance (for that person had appeared beside him, so full of solicitude that it fairly ran over and onto the floor) with a shake of his head.

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The gloom this caused him, he said, he pushed - between rent days - to the back of his mind: which place must have been the largest of its kind anywhere.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Back in Fulking, the House, I understand, is now somwhat cheerfuller with its new possessors … though it will always be dark, and the mists will always inhabit the copse. But at least, that uneasy place's chief inhabitant has now been moved. For the dead little gentleman sleeps in the churchyard, close by his father - and talks to Mrs. Montague no more.