THE LAST LAUGH, D H Lawrence, A Short Story

On a cold winter’s night in Hampstead, three figures step out into the snow-an enigmatic young woman, a brooding man with a sardonic air, and a bearded stranger who mocks the world’s so-called newness. But when the night takes a strange turn, laughter-wild, eerie, and inexplicable-begins to echo through the empty streets. The woman, Miss James, sharp-eyed and deaf to the world’s clamor, begins to sense something lurking just beyond sight, while her companion, Marchbanks, grows increasingly enthralled, even disturbed, by the unseen presence. As snow whirls around them and voices seem to rise from the storm, the boundary between reality and the spectral begins to unravel.
Is it madness? A trick of the wind? Or has something-someone-returned?
D. H. Lawrence’s The Last Laugh is a mesmerizing tale of mystery, possession, and the power of laughter that echoes beyond the grave.