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Why is Mrs. Drover at her home in London?

In "The Demon Lover," Mrs. Drover has returned to her London home to collect some belongings for herself and her family. (They fled this house when the war began and moved out to the country where the German bombs could not reach them.)


Mrs. Drover has clearly not visited this house for some time: it is shuttered, the air is stale, and the remaining possessions are covered in a film of dust. While collecting the items she requires, Mrs. Drover notices that somebody has left a letter for her on the hall table. This letter appears to come from her former fiancé, a soldier who was reported missing during the war, and who has returned to keep an appointment that they made twenty-five years ago. 


Mrs. Drover flees the house with the items she has come to collect, without realizing that she has walked straight into the arms of her demon lover.  

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