Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel): Difference between revisions

The visitor enters the eerie jungle. Strewn about are panes of glass; through some of them beams of sunlight come to nourish the plant-life, while others are windows into other areas of the house. For example, one is the party in the “roughly-finished basement”, another is [[Elshanor|an elegant and studious woman]] strolling with melancholy through [[The Strange and Wonderful House#The Library|a “tattered” library]], and “a fantastical bacchanal led by a grinning [[imp (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|imp]]”. The visitor tries to refocus, making their best efforts to stay on the path, but suddenly a cackling voice finished a train of thought for them with the word “Mad!”. Without hesitation, the visitor identifies this as the voice of [[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|the gardener]].

The visitor is being chased through the beautiful garden by the [[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mad Gardener]], who wields a machete even as he sings in a “deep but strangely serene voice”. As they run, the visitor also catches a glimpse of the Gardener's reflection in one of the panes of glass — not an old man with a machete, but a a [[Angel|creature with a great many wings]] bearing a [[Flaming Sword|flaming sword]].