The travellers got out of the car. There was a big bell-pull at the gate, but before they could touch it the gates swung slowly open. A white-robed figure with a black, smiling face bowed to them and bade then enter. They passed through the gate; at one side, screened by a high fence of wire, there was a big courtyard where men were walking up and down. As these men turned to look at the arrivals, Hilary uttered a gasp of horror. "But they're lepers!" she exclaimed. "Lepers!". A shiver of horror shook her entire frame.
Terror / Romance policial / Crime / Literatura Estrangeira / Suspense e Mistério