A man visits his friend, Edward Keene, in a remote New England house rented by Keene for the summer for the purpose of completing a series of painting. However, upon arrival, the man finds Keene in ill health both physically and mentally. Keene speaks of a pair of disembodied eyes, like those of a cat, that watch him from the doorway. He later reveals that the house was once home to a witch who also died here and, he claims, still haunts the place. ( )