The story starts when Framton Nuttel went to visit Mrs Suppleton by the dictation of his sister due to rest his nerves. When he arrived at the house, Mrs Suppleton's niece, Vera entertained him while waiting for her aunt. Vera told him about the family tragedy when Mrs Suppleton's husband and her two young brothers went out for shooting and never came back. She said that her aunt always wait for them and leaves the window open in case they will return home. Framton Nuttel starts to feel uncomfortable and awkward with the environment. As they started to talk about his illness and purpose of his visit, there were three men walking towards the open window. They were the men whose Mrs Suppleton waits for. He begins to shiver and afraid. Thus, he decided to ran away from the house.
When i read this story for the first time, i thought that it was a ghost tale. But when i read it again, i'm really sure that it is not a ghost tale as i thought. The "ghost tale" which was told by Vera is just deceptive and fake. Vera is just a young fifteen girl and she likes to lie people even with her aunt when she told that Framton Nuttel ran because he is afraid of the dog. She adds a lie and manipulated to make her story ghastly. Framton Nuttel shouldn't have to totally believe with her story. All the tragedy that she told him is just a product of her outrageous imagination.
I was utterly confused at the beginning. But when i read it again, it was interesting and amusing because it caught my attention to read it back and attractive all the time. So, i think that Vera is witty girl and Framton Nuttel is a timid and easily-deceived man.
