In terms of plot this story is fairly slight, but I like it for the same reason I like a number of the much-maligned Elspeth Eric's scripts: It's unconventional. Her stories rarely follow a standard "dramatic arc," and as a result they develop in truly unexpected ways. Also notable is the fact that in many of her scripts there is an attempt at some psychological depth. Finally, her tales tend to be ambiguous, with endings that individual listeners seem to find either evocative (as I do) or irritating (as many more seem to!). All these qualities, if qualities they are, are present in this episode.

Anyway, this was an interesting, quiet ghost story, as indeed E.G. Marshall promises us at the beginning.