After a day at market, a man begins to walk home across the snow covered moor. He gets lost and is worried his wife will be concerned for him. He comes across a desolate house and decides to go in for a rest: he's freezing and hungry. Also he's a bit hacked off at being lost on such a dreadful night.
He gets invited in but the host is very odd. He's obviously the only visitor they've had around those parts for a while. After having a bit of scram he decides he really ought to make a move. The host tells him that if he hurries up he will be able to get on a coach that is due soon. The host then tells him about a horrific crash that happened a few years back involving the coach he is about to catch.
The butler helps him most of the way across the moor to the coach stop, then turns back to his grumpy master's house. By a bridge, the man notices that part of the railling has gone. Then the coach turns up and he gets in...