Although this is quite a short story it is as full of gripping tension, foreboding and anticipation as you would expect from Stoker. It follows a young student who rents an old empty house in a small English village for peace and quite so he can study. Unfortunately that's not quite what he gets as the house is invested with rats...and something/someone else. This story will certainly make you think the next time your looking at the photographs of people past if you go a-wandering through the rooms of historic houses, especially those that have ropes hanging beside their fireplaces.