Summary

Stanley told John that he had trained as an apprentice at a photography studio in London but, because the photographer who trained him had died during the war, he was unable to provide any references. John was impressed with Stanley’s diligence and pleased that everything was done the way he wanted it to be done and that Stanley always left everything in the right place.

One day, John did a photoshoot for a young man who had recently returned from the war. While he had been away, his mother had passed away. He was moving a long distance for work and wanted to get a photograph of himself to give to his father. When John developed the photograph, an old woman could be seen faintly standing next to him. John checked all of the ways that the photograph could have been...