L. P. Hartley

A lonely boy living on his uncle's farm in the Lincolnshire Fens, Richard Mardick's solitary existence is interrupted by a chance meeting, and idyllic love affair, with Lucy. A disused brickfield is the scene of their clandestine meetings, and it is there that Richard finds her drowned in a muddy pool.

A collection of stories containing crime, ghosts, and supernatural terror. 

CONTENT WARNING: contains scenes of violence

Leo, now in his 60's looks back to the summer of 1900, when as a young boy he stayed at a house in Norfolk. There he had his first glimpse of the passions and intrigue of adulthood, and this time changed his life irrevocably.