13 ranger in the park story 13

Stanley Olsson is a brave and articulate orphan raised by a vile and rude father. Eventually he gets a job working as a homemaker for the friendly Lord Blunder of Blunder Hut. The unlikely couple rapidly succumb to a frantic passion.

On the day of their wedding, a snooty headmistress escapes from the attic of Blunder Hut and starts a fire. Believing that Lord Blunder is dead, Stanley flees from the church and wanders the frozen moors for days until he is rescued by a giving navigator.

However, although Lord Blunder is blinded by the fire, he still breathes. Without Stanley he becomes smelly and greedy. He turns to alcohol for comfort. The ghost of the headmistress from the attic haunts him.

Meanwhile, thinking Lord Blunder is dead, Stanley accepts a marriage proposal from his saviour, the navigator. However, one night he believes he can hear Lord Blunder calling, "Stanley, where are you? Stanley come home!" and he returns to Blunder Hut.

On Stanley's return, he finds Lord Blunder drunk and without sight. Mistaking him for the ghost of the snooty headmistress, he attacks him with a razor and Stanley Olsson dies.

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

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