The Death of Halpin Frayser

A young man named Halpin Fraser spent all day in the hills, hunting pigeons and other small game. Toward evening it grew cloudy and he got lost. Disheartened and utterly exhausted, Halpin fell asleep as if dead. A few hours later, waking for a moment, he said «Catherine Lary» and fell asleep again. He dreamed a nightmare that was very much like reality. He dreamed that he was walking through a forest surrounded by invisible, hostile creatures, and that the whole forest was drenched in blood — as if after a bloody rain…