Vesin has been travelling in France when he finds himself stopping off for one night in a sleepy medieval town.

There he meets Ilse the beautiful innkeeper's daughter and becomes bewitched by her.

Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats.

Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.

Algernon Blackwood's dark tale unabridged in four parts.

Read by Philip Madoc.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in September 2005. Show less