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A century before “the coming of [[the Great Glass Elevator|the Elevator]]”, the then-current [[Master of the House]] of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]] had a '''wife''', but also kept [[Master of the House's mistress|a mistress]]. After a parlour maid discovered the true nature of [[the Airing Cupboard]], he installed a life-sized portrait of her over the door. This outraged the Master of the House's wife, and it was later said that she instantly moved back to the continent, where she died of jealously soon after. A century later, when the disturbances caused by the Elevator's appearance caused the door to the Cupboard to be rediscovered, a visitor entered the Cupboard only to be confronted by a ghostly [[Figure in the Airing Cupboard|figure in a Victorian nightdress]] who referred to him as “darling” and pulled him into a deadly hug. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 26: The Airing Cupboard|The Airing Cupboard]]'')

== Behind the scenes ==
There are many possible interpretations of the end of the ''[[The Airing Cupboard (short story)|The Airing Cupboard]]'', from the ghostly figure being the mistress, to being what's left of the wife whom the Master locked into the Cupboard instead of her moving to the continent as was rumoured, to being unrelated to either. 

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