On a rainy night, a shepherd is hosting a jolly gathering at his house. One after another, two strangers arrive and are welcomed in. A third stranger arrives, sees the other two, and quickly backs out the door. Then the news arrives that a prisoner who was to be hanged the next day has escaped from prison. The reader will suspect that the escapee is one of the three men, but which? and will he get away?
First published in Longman's, March 1883.
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| 1897 |
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Stories by English Authors: England | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | |
| 1939 |
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Tellers of Tales: 100 Short Stories from the United States, England, France, Russia and Germany | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 169 |
| 1944 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 62 |
| 1945 |
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Twenty-Two Strange Stories | Art & Educational Publishers | Anthology | 116 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 65 | |
| 1947 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 62 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 65 | |
| 1958 |
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Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror | Editorial Labor | Anthology | 589 |
| 1959 | An Omnibus of British Mysteries | Juniper Press | Anthology | 282 | |
| 1971 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 65 |
| 1972 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 65 |
| 1977 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 65 |
| 1981 |
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Necunoscutul: antologie din literatura anglo-saxonă | Editura Junimea | Anthology | |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 65 | |
| December 1988 |
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The Supernatural Tales of Thomas Hardy | W. Foulsham & Co. | Collection | 25 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 60 | |
| October 1994 |
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Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Bracken Books | Anthology | 47 |
| October 1994 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 60 |
| 1996 |
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Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 47 |
| August 2015 |
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