Novella. All is not well in Lamentable Moll. A diabolical killer stalks the port city's narrow streets, and panic grips the citizens like a fever. Emancipor Reese is no exception. Not only was his previous employer the unknown killer's latest victim, but Emancipor is out of work. And, with his dearest wife terminally comfortable with the manner of life to which she asserts she has become accustomed (or at least to which she aspires), all other terrors grow limp and pale for poor Emancipor.