Part One: The Follower Summary

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In the Greek countryside, a lone traveler encounters another traveler, a man dressed all in black. The traveler tells the man that he is staying in the hostel in the village. The traveler makes it to the ruins and tries to imagine the history of the place. The narrator indicates that he is the traveler although he feels he is watching a stranger.

Later that evening, the traveler returns to the hostel to find the man in his room. He missed the train for Athens. The traveler is uneasy although he tells the man he can stay with him until the morning when he can catch another train. The two men crawl into their sleeping bags, neither one undressing. The man, who is German, says his name is Reiner and the traveler is Damon, a...