The Lady in Lavendar, a Ghost Story

When is Murder Justified?

Children love this time of year, it is crisp, dusk falls rapidly, and there are roasted marshmallows, hot dogs, hot chocolate, and leaves to pounce in. It is just this atmosphere that makes the old games exhilarating. Running, screaming into "kick the can" as the one who is tagged sags in hopeless disappointment. Hide and seek, blind man's bluff. Oh, these games have gone on for generations.
The problem with these games, in the autumn, is that night falls rapidly, swiftly, and before you know it, it is dark, mothers are calling their young in for the night, cheeks rosy , yet cold as the frosty apples, newly picked.
This is the story that was told to the neighborhood children to keep them close to their homes, and is said to be true.