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Can someone explain the story Not After Midnight? Why was the main character told not to visit the couple after midnight?

Catherine I think that is when the transformation he glimpses in the story was in place at the neighbor's bungalow. After midnight. But this is one of the most …moreI think that is when the transformation he glimpses in the story was in place at the neighbor's bungalow. After midnight. But this is one of the most oblique stories in the book. Clearly the author was transformed too -- into a drunken lover of young boys? A satyr? But de Maurier really doesn't tell us enough to be sure. I was less happy with this story.(less)

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by Daphne du Maurier

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