A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop forces him to reassess his life.

Written by master storyteller, Robert Louis Stevenson, First published in 1885 in Unwin’s Christmas Annual.

Read by Hugh Bonneville.

Series of darkly disturbing stories demonstrating the weird and wonderful traditions that lie at the heart of Gothic fiction.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2009. Show less