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The '''Master of the House''' was the Master of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. | The '''Master of the House''' was the Master of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. There were multiple Masters over the House's history. | ||
== Privileges == | |||
He resided in [[the Master Bedroom]], and was the only one allowed into [[the Stationery Room]] except for people to whom he explicitly granted permission. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | He resided in [[the Master Bedroom]], and was the only one allowed into [[the Stationery Room]] except for people to whom he explicitly granted permission. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | ||
The Master of the House | == History == | ||
=== Victorian era === | |||
A century before the “coming of the elevator”, the Master of the House “at that time” 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. ([[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]]'') | |||
=== Modern era === | |||
A century later, when the disturbances caused by the Elevator's appearance caused the door to the Cupboard to be rediscovered, a visitor would enter the Cupboard only to be confronted by a ghostly figure in a Victorian nightdress who referred to him as “darling”, told him off for having been “ages”, 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]]'') By this point, the new Master of the House also had to carry out negotiations with the [[Goblin King (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Goblin King]], requesting from [[Montresor]] that a special bottle of memory-wine be brought up from [[the Cellar]] to make them go more easily, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 24: The Cellar|The Cellar]]'') after the Goblins of the House became upset about the project of installing [[the Great Glass Elevator|an Elevator]] in the House to bypass [[the Stairwell]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 21: Elevator|Elevator]]'') | |||
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