The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories

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Herbert van Thal compiled a number of anthologies including some of the writings of James Agate, Ernest Newman and Hilaire Belloc and a volume on Victorian Travellers. He also resuscitated the works of many neglected Victorian writers. In 1971 his autobiography, The Tops of the Mulberry Trees, was published, as well as The Music Lover’s Companion (with Gervase Hughes). He also edited Thomas Adolphus Trollope’s autobiography and a two-volume work on Britain’s Prime Ministers. He died in 1983.

‘Good morning, gentlemen!’ Gwyneth Davies’s quiet voice was raised so that her greeting would carry the length of the ward. She spoke with a gentle lilt suggestive of shyness and self-effacement. Halting at the deserted nurses’ station, she adjusted the short sleeves of her physiotherapist’s uniform; fleshy but firm arms, the well-exercised biceps matched by solid calves and heavy ankles. ‘Another lovely morning today. We are being lucky with the spring this year.’

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