The Last Tenant

A contented narrator and his wife decide to move and become drawn to a cheap, long-vacant house in Lamb's Terrace whose neglected condition and rusty keys suggest a hidden history. An old friend supplies memories and rumors about a mysterious last occupant and an inquest, prompting the couple and their acquaintances to take the property and investigate. The plot follows their inquiries—local searches, reports from an inquiry agent, consultations with a doctor, and travels abroad—while encounters with several connected individuals gradually uncover layers of loss, deception, and motive, leading to a final clarification of the house's troubling past.