The ghost settles down in the chair opposite you. It begins, "It was a dark and stormy night, and Alan looked out the window and cringed at the thought of leaving the house that night. He was worried about the walk to the train station. But he knew that it was important to reach his fiancée before noon the next day, lest she make the wrong decision and lose the inheritance they both were depending on. He dressed warmly and left the house. The wind and rain pelted him, but he took the risk and after a painful hour he reached the station. The train, though, was late, and he was afraid for his fiancée, for he knew she was in danger of listening to her selfish brother's bad advice. As he sat in the waiting room, a strange woman came up to him and said, "You must help me; let me tell you my story."