The hand, summary

   The story begins in Paris at a gathering, where people are discussing the mysterious, unsolved Saint-Cloud Crime. Then M. Bermutier, a judge, offers to tell, the group, about a case in Ajaccio, Corsica. In Ajaccio, M. Bermutier learned about a bizarre new resident: Sir John Rowell. Rumors grew around him, saying he had runaway from his father. So the judge hearing this rumors decided to meet him and talk with him. He encountered him while hunting. The judge during a visit on Sir John's parlor noticed a strange object: a dried, black human hand. Sir John calmly explained it was his "best enemy" from America. A year later, Sir John Rowell was found murdered in his locked parlor.He was strangled. The police made an observation that the marks on his neck were made by a "skeleton". The chained hand was gone...While M. Bermutier was looking at the dead body he found a finger from the vanished hand. Three months later, the mystery deepened when the missing hand was found on Sir John Rowell's grave. The judge believed that the "owner of the hand was not dead"and had returned... He ends the story saying it was probably revenge.

• The story was interesting, but it kinda gives you the chills. Like when you hear about a hand that was severed near the forearm with exposed tendons and traces of old blood, it's a bit gross...But still it was a fun story!!!