The Inn of the Two Witches
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| "The Inn of the Two Witches" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Joseph Conrad | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Pall Mall Magazine |
| Publication date | March 1913 |
"The Inn of the Two Witches" is a work of short fiction by Joseph Conrad, first published in The Pall Mall Magazine in March 1913. The story was collected in Within the Tides (1915) published by J. M. Dent and Sons.[1]
The story is set during the Spanish Peninsular War, a military theater of the Napoleonic Wars. A British naval officer goes in search of his henchman who has disappeared. Spending the night at an isolated inn, the officer narrowly escapes death. The four-poster bed he sleeps in is an ingenious device fitted with a descending canopy that serves to suffocate its slumbering victims. He narrowly escapes the fate of his servant.[2][3]