A Comedy in One Act by Monckton Hoffe.
Scene: The 'Davenant Arms' somewhere in Shropshire, England
Mr. Godfrey Davenant, one of the New Poor turned Inn-keeper, is sitting in front of the fire in his bar-parlour reading a book and smoking his pipe. The time is 11.30 p.m.; nothing could be more unlikely than a visitor at that hour of the night, but out of the silence there comes a terrific explosion, a series of horrible noises, and a knock at the door.