Jim’s Reviews > Gaslit Horror: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes and Others > Status Update

Death stood knocking at Archibald Corbyn's door—not at the door of Corbyn Hall, but at the door of the Corbyn heart; and when that had ceased to beat, one of the oldest, wealthiest, proudest, and most aristocratic families in Barbados would be extinct.