The Substitute
By William Wymark Jacobs
- Release Date: 1996-01-01
- Genre: Short Stories
Description
The night watchman had just returned to the office fire after leaving it to attend a ring at the wharf bell. He sat for some time puffing fiercely at his pipe and breathing heavily. He always used to go off by himself of a evening, and I used to wonder how he passed the time. Then one night I found out.