Publisher's Synopsis
On of the most suspenseful short stories out there, and one of Stoker's best. An Englishman trying to kill a year in Europe decides to explore the non-tourist areas of Paris. In a sudden flash of stupidity, he decides to hike into the dust and garbage hills where the city's rag-pickers and scavengers live. I doesn't take him long to realize he's lost and being delayed by the resident recyclers for the purposes of murder and robbery. It's told from the idiot's point of view, and his panic and frustration are well done.
