John's Cottage
The protagonist of "John's Cottage" has an affair with a man called John, and later ironically moves into a cottage called "John's Cottage."
Dreams
In "Dreams," John writes off the protagonist's dream as being irrelevant. However, the dream is about wheelchairs, which is a key symbol in Urquhart's short stories.
Robert Browning
In "The Death of Robert Browning," Urquhart imagines what might have happened on the day of poet Robert Browning's death. Ironically, Browning is aware of his impending death due to "symbols," which is a nod to his symbolic poetry.
