Both “The Demon Lover” and “The Happy Autumn Fields” seem to deal with a haunting through a past figure. “The Demon Lover” is through Mrs. Drover receiving the mysterious letter upon which causes her to remember her deceased husband. This ghost of the past haunts her as she worries about the letters intent and origins. Mary struggles with a similar ghost from the past in “The Happy Autumn Fields.” The picture of Henrietta and Sarah seems to put her in a dream like state upon which she is able to feel Sarah’s fear of loneliness. She is haunted from something from a perceived past, much like Mrs. Drover is haunted by an actual past.