The Wyvern Mystery Chapter 30 - The Old Soldier Grows More Friendly and Frightens Mrs. Tarnley

In which a long-estranged old acquaintance, cloaked in mystery and marked by the passage of weary years, renews a fragile friendship with the steadfast and sceptical housekeeper at Carwell Grange, weaving offers of comfort and companionship amidst whispered intimacies and the shadow of impending frailty. The strange visitor’s inscrutable demeanour, mingled with sudden fits of fright, leaves her host both bewildered and cautiously attentive as the night deepens in the ancient abode.