This supernatural short story begins with a young man on an uneventful fishing trip. The weather mirrors the depression he has felt since his wife left him. His attempt to find distraction is interrupted when he meets a strange old man plodding down the road. He slows to offer the man a ride during the pouring rain. Yet, the man's vacant stare gives him a shiver. When car trouble forces him to stop at an old house along his route, he thinks he's seen the last of this ghostly figure. Yet, it turns out he's mistaken.