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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
The Lady in Mourning's origins were a mystery. Some believed she was the very goddess once worshipped in [[the Ruined Chapel]], whose statue still stood there, with its head and hands broken off. | The Lady in Mourning's origins were a mystery. Some believed she was the very goddess once worshipped in [[the Ruined Chapel]], whose statue still stood there, with its head and hands broken off. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') Alternatively, one theory about the identity of the [[Woman in the Painting|woman]] depicted in [[the Painting]] with her head turned towards a distant sunset over the sea, wearing a blue dress, was that she was once a woman beloved by [[the Architect]]. After she scorned his love, he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]], cursing it. However, House historians believed this to be a fanciful legend, and that the curse of the Tarn predated the House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 33: The Painting|The Painting]]'') | ||
At some point, she came to reside in the Chapel in the ghostly, mourning form. Without fail, on midnight, she would briefly lift her veil and cry out the words “''Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.''”. Over the years, many visitors met her in the Chapel, paying for her time with a song or a story. However, many of them made the mistake of looking upon her face when she unveiled herself, being blasted into ashes by the sight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | At some point, she came to reside in the Chapel in the ghostly, mourning form. Without fail, on midnight, she would briefly lift her veil and cry out the words “''Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.''”. Over the years, many visitors met her in the Chapel, paying for her time with a song or a story. However, many of them made the mistake of looking upon her face when she unveiled herself, being blasted into ashes by the sight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | ||