Investigating the murder of a shabby man who had asked directions to the home of Lord Lancroft before being found brutally stabbed, Superintendent Budd has only one clue. Inside the man's jacket is a piece of paper, on which is written the Lord's name and address, and the words 'The House of the Goat'... And when an ancient mummy is stolen in the search for a mysterious ring, nothing is as it seems... Two stories of mystery and cunning from the pen of Gerald Verner.