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|Value 1 - 9 = '''Plush Drawing-Room''' | |Value 1 - 9 = '''Plush Drawing-Room''' | ||
|Second effect 1 - 9 = Velvet and velour and voluptuous upholstery. Chairs that threaten to engulf the sitter. A decanter of whiskey surrounded by a merry troop of [...] glass tumblers. Carpet like the undergrowth of a jungle, and a fireplace big enough to dispose of a corpse. | |Second effect 1 - 9 = Velvet and velour and voluptuous upholstery. Chairs that threaten to engulf the sitter. A decanter of whiskey surrounded by a merry troop of [...] glass tumblers. Carpet like the undergrowth of a jungle, and a fireplace big enough to dispose of a corpse. | ||
| − | |Value | + | |Value 15 - 18 = '''Servants' Quarters''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 15 - 18 = A warren of little partitions with humble cots. Well-scrubbed hardwood floors. A little light seeping in through high, narrow windows. |
| − | |Value | + | |Value 22 - 27 = '''Reflecting Washroom''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 22 - 27 = White porcelain and silver fixtures polished to a mirror finish. You can see your face on every surface, distorted in this or that way, reflections of reflections. Make your ablutions in a mirror-gallery. |
| − | |Value 30 - | + | |Value 30 - 38 = '''Portrait Gallery''' |
| − | |Second effect 30 - | + | |Second effect 30 - 38 = Not an inch of wall is left uncovered: Portraits big enough to be life-sized, portraits the size of locket miniatures, and everything in between. All depicting the same subject: A regal tiger [...] staring out of the canvas directly at you. |
|Value 40 - 49 = '''Hedge Maze''' | |Value 40 - 49 = '''Hedge Maze''' | ||
|Second effect 40 - 49 = The hedges are easily twenty feet tall, walls of green that obscure the world. You find yourself in a little plaza, a confluence of pathways. Gravel underfoot, and a little fountain – out of proportion to the oversized walls – in the middle. | |Second effect 40 - 49 = The hedges are easily twenty feet tall, walls of green that obscure the world. You find yourself in a little plaza, a confluence of pathways. Gravel underfoot, and a little fountain – out of proportion to the oversized walls – in the middle. | ||
| − | |Value | + | |Value 51 - 56 = '''Overflowing Dining Room''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 51 - 56 = A mahogany table the size of a cottage; a legion of silverware and porcelain. It all struggles to contain a mountain of food – greyish-pink terrines, mounds of pâté, constellations of olives and capers suspended in clear aspics. |
| − | |Value | + | |Value 61 - 68 = '''Sculpture Garden''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 61 - 68 = A clearing surrounded by tall cypresses – each one bent halfway by a prevailing wind. Marble sculptures all around, each depicting the same subject: a vast serpent, their whiskers and stripes drawn as trompe l'oeil carvings in the marble. |
| − | |Value | + | |Value 74 - 78 = '''Feathered Bedchamber''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 74 - 78 = Peacock and bluejay and goose and bird-of-paradise. In elaborate fans, at the edge of robes, [...] scattered underfoot. Bird's head motifs carved into the furniture, their empty black eyes producing a constant sensation of being watched. |
| − | |Value | + | |Value 84 - 87 = '''Marble Corridor''' |
| − | |Second effect | + | |Second effect 84 - 87 = An in-between space. Marble on every surface: black streaked with gold underfoot; cream streaked with red overhead. Little marble benches to sit on. Marble columns on the walls. |
|Value 90 - 100 = '''Carpeted Boudoir''' | |Value 90 - 100 = '''Carpeted Boudoir''' | ||
|Second effect 90 - 100 = And what a carpet it is! Thick enough to sink ankle-deep into, richly patterned, red on crimson. All the furniture – a chaise, a vanity, a settee – is settled at an odd angle, as if it really is slowly sinking into a velvet mire. | |Second effect 90 - 100 = And what a carpet it is! Thick enough to sink ankle-deep into, richly patterned, red on crimson. All the furniture – a chaise, a vanity, a settee – is settled at an odd angle, as if it really is slowly sinking into a velvet mire. | ||
