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==== Chapter 26: The Airing Cupboard ==== | ==== Chapter 26: The Airing Cupboard ==== | ||
[[The Airing Cupboard]] located on [[the fourth floor]] down [[the east wing]] has a terrible secret. It ceased to be used as an actual airing cupboard a century ago, when a parlour | [[The Airing Cupboard]] located on [[the fourth floor]] down [[the east wing]] has a terrible secret. It ceased to be used as an actual airing cupboard a century ago, when a parlour maid “discovered its true nature”, which prompted “the [[Master of the House]] at that time” to conceal the entrance by placing a life-sized portrait of [[Master of the House's mistress|his mistress]] over it. Reportedly, his [[Master of the House's wife|wife]] was so outraged she left [[The Strange and Wonderful House|the House]] forever, moving to the continent, only to die of jealousy “a mere fortnight after”. | ||
Now, the door is uncovered once again as part of the preparations for “the coming of [[The Great Glass Elevator|the elevator]]”. The first visitor to take notice of the door pulls it open and is greeted with “the unexpected scents of lavender and lye soap laid over a base tang of copper”. A [[Figure in the Airing Cupboard|mysterious figure wearing a “peculiar” Victorian nightdress]] is sitting in a corner; greeting the visitor with “Darling! You've been so long!”, it closes its arms tightly around him, locking him into place. | Now, the door is uncovered once again as part of the preparations for “the coming of [[The Great Glass Elevator|the elevator]]”. The first visitor to take notice of the door pulls it open and is greeted with “the unexpected scents of lavender and lye soap laid over a base tang of copper”. A [[Figure in the Airing Cupboard|mysterious figure wearing a “peculiar” Victorian nightdress]] is sitting in a corner; greeting the visitor with “Darling! You've been so long!”, it closes its arms tightly around him, locking him into place. | ||
