Trapped at a country inn by pouring rain, the narrator and his companion fight boredom by speculating about one of the other guests, the "stout gentleman" who has servants coming and going. He seems significant but they never do learn much about him.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1933 | Great Stories of All Nations: One Hundred Sixty Complete Stories from the Literatures of All Periods and Countries | Tudor Publishing Company | Anthology | 546 | |
| April 1943 | The Great American Stories | Gulliver Books | Anthology | 28 | |
| 1959 | American Short Stories: 1820 to the Present | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 20 | |
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Racconti fantastici | Donzelli | Collection | 177 |