The Tenant of Blackman Mill

Jack Pigeon is a clever and splendid orphan raised by a violent and creepy lady. Eventually he gets a job working as a gardener for the special Lady Blackman of Blackman Mill. The unlikely couple rapidly succumb to a tender passion.

On the day of their wedding, a peculiar girl escapes from the attic of Blackman Mill and starts a fire. Believing that Lady Blackman is dead, Jack flees from the church and wanders the frosty moors for days until he is rescued by a brave author.

However, although Lady Blackman is blinded by the fire, she still breathes. Without Jack she becomes cowardly and sinister. She turns to alcohol for comfort. The ghost of the girl from the attic haunts her.

Meanwhile, thinking Lady Blackman is dead, Jack accepts a marriage proposal from his saviour, the author. However, one night he believes he can hear Lady Blackman calling, "Jack, where are you? Jack come home!" and he returns to Blackman Mill.

On Jack's return, he finds Lady Blackman drunk and without sight. Mistaking him for the ghost of the peculiar girl, she attacks him with a candlestick and Jack Pigeon dies.

As she attends to the body, Lady Blackman realises what she has done. Driven mad with guilt, she hatches a plan to destroy the next generation, but there is no next generation and she dies of consumption two weeks later.