When I was reading the Tarot story I couldn't help remembering a recent dream in which two men are looking at the hanging man.

The older man says, "You know what this means."

His companion replies, "He waited too long to escape?"

Couldn't resist sharing it.

Sorry, which is the Tarot story in Fragile Things?

Fifteen Cards from the Vampire Tarot.

I know this discussion is old enough to qualify as ancient, but if someone else reads this thread and wonders at the title, here it is.