The Return

Walter John de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet short story writer and novelist probably best remembered for his works for children and the poem The Listeners. He was born in Kent descended from a family of French Huguenots and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School. The Return (first published in 1910) describes how Arthur Lawford falling asleep by the grave of a Huguenot adventurer who has died by his own hand wakes to find himself physically changed into that man.