No-one lives, has lived, or ever will live, without fear. The rich, the powerful, the elite - you think they don't feel fear? I think they feel it constantly, because they are constantly on guard, less they be toppled from their position. Well, the hero of this story occupies no such position. He is an obscure bank teller, close to middle-age, and his name is Edgar Ellady. But he too, like the rest of us, is haunted by fear...