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The garden was actually a version of [[Garden of Eden|''the'' Garden]]. It was “a beautiful place where plant life of every kind imaginable and some you had never heard of grows together, seeming somehow both wild and ordered”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-III:_Back_to_the_Garden|Back to the Garden]]'') It was entirely indoors, but strewn about with panes of glass, most of which allowed direct sunlight of unknown provenance to stream through. Other panels were windows into other parts of the Strange and Wonderful House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-II:_View_From_a_Jungle|View From a Jungle]]'') The “Gardener” of this Conservatory was an infamous [[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|mad angel]] who tried to kill all who entered. He appeared as a wizened old man with a machete to the naked eye, but his reflections revealed his true form as a many-winged creature wielding a [[Flaming Sword|flaming sword]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-III:_Back_to_the_Garden|Back to the Garden]]'') | The garden was actually a version of [[Garden of Eden|''the'' Garden]]. It was “a beautiful place where plant life of every kind imaginable and some you had never heard of grows together, seeming somehow both wild and ordered”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-III:_Back_to_the_Garden|Back to the Garden]]'') It was entirely indoors, but strewn about with panes of glass, most of which allowed direct sunlight of unknown provenance to stream through. Other panels were windows into other parts of the Strange and Wonderful House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-II:_View_From_a_Jungle|View From a Jungle]]'') The “Gardener” of this Conservatory was an infamous [[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|mad angel]] who tried to kill all who entered. He appeared as a wizened old man with a machete to the naked eye, but his reflections revealed his true form as a many-winged creature wielding a [[Flaming Sword|flaming sword]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our_Strange_and_Wonderful_House_(novel)#Appendix_13-III:_Back_to_the_Garden|Back to the Garden]]'') | ||
The backdoor of the Conservatory led out of the House and onto a path passing between [[#The Dark Wood|the Dark Wood]] and [[#The Tarn|the Tarn]], leading to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]]. ([[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]]'') | |||
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The Museum could only be entered by versions of Jenny or those she specifically invited. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 18: The Jenny Everywhere Museum|The Jenny Everywhere Museum]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)|The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)]]'') | The Museum could only be entered by versions of Jenny or those she specifically invited. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 18: The Jenny Everywhere Museum|The Jenny Everywhere Museum]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)|The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)]]'') | ||
==== The Dark Wood ==== | |||
The Dark Wood was located behind the House. The backdoor of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]] led out of the House and onto a path passing between the Dark Wood and [[#The Tarn|the Tarn]], leading to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]]. ([[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]]'') | |||
==== The Tarn ==== | |||
The Tarn was located behind the House. The backdoor of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]] led out of the House and onto a path passing between [[#The Dark Wood|the Dark Wood]] and the Tarn, leading to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]]. ([[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]]'') | |||
==== The Ruined Chapel ==== | |||
The Ruined Chapel was located outside the House proper, at the end of a path leading out from the back door of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]]. It was in a Gothic style, but the altar bore a statue of a woman with her head and hands broken off, apparently an ancient, pagan goddess. The Chapel was the dwelling place of an entity known as [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated by some to be what remained of the selfsame goddess. To a visitor who distracted her from her despair via something like a story or a song, she was known answer any question, except for her name. The altar was surrounded by ashes that were all that was left of visitors who had looked upon her unveiled face — for every night, at midnight, she lifted it up to cry out “Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.”. ([[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]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
