A Recluse And His Guest

A Recluse and His GuestThe tall and angular person--man or woman?--had come into town not by the road (which the winter had made nearly impassable for months) but northward through the Midnight Forest, which was still more impassable."I understand that you came here through the forest.""That I did.""You weren't afraid of being attacked by wolves?""No, because, you see, I had smeared my leather wrappings with an oil that is repellent to wolves. They smell this o...