Synopsis: A psychological horror story set in Victorian England, with a "doom-laden atmosphere, in which the specter of a century-old murder obsesses, and perhaps possesses the protagonists." - Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 50. "A sensitive young aristocrat obsessed by a girl supposedly murdered by his ancestor is taken in by the charade of a fantasizing girl who poses as her ghost; the consequence is ironically tragic. Richly detailed by courtesy of Mrs. Long's own intense fascination with case studies involving occult experiences and impostures." - Barron, Horror Literature 3-176.