Lady of the Shroud

Rupert Saint Leger inherits his uncle''s estate worth more than one million pounds, on condition that he live for a year in his uncle''s castle in the Land of the Blue Mountains on the Dalmatian coast. One wet night, he is visited in his room in the castle by a pale woman wearing a wet shroud, seeking warmth. He lets her dry herself before his fire, and she flees before morning. She visits several...