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The '''Master of the House''' was the Master of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. There were multiple Masters over the House's history. | The '''Master of the House''' was the Master of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. There were multiple Masters over the House's history. The modern-era Master believed himself to be one of the writers who had “made” the House, but [[Sid]] believed this whole way of looking at the nature of the House to be incorrect, or at least limiting. | ||
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In a bad mood after an argument, the Master of the House ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') stomped out of the House proper through [[the Sun Room]]. Ignoring the signs pointing to [[the Tree House]] and [[the Southern Veranda]], he made his way to [[the Gardens]], where a sign warning visitors to be careful of the [[Werepanda]] only needled him further. After entering, he was confronted by a strange man ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') who offered to take him on a tour of the Gardens, enticing him to accept with the possibility of “tea in the shade of [[the Bodhi Tree]]” at the end of the tour. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | In a bad mood after an argument, the Master of the House ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator|The Will of the Creator]]'') stomped out of the House proper through [[the Sun Room]]. Ignoring the signs pointing to [[the Tree House]] and [[the Southern Veranda]], he made his way to [[the Gardens]], where a sign warning visitors to be careful of the [[Werepanda]] only needled him further. After entering, he was confronted by a strange man ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 35: Into the Gardens (Part 1)|Into the Gardens (Part 1)]]'') who offered to take him on a tour of the Gardens, enticing him to accept with the possibility of “tea in the shade of [[the Bodhi Tree]]” at the end of the tour. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 36: Into the Gardens (Part 2)|Into the Gardens (Part 2)]]'') | ||
The old man, [[Sid]], walked quickly, chattering happily to his charge about what they saw on the way and what else they might see yet, from the orchards and vegetable garden to [[the Topiary Veranda]] and we [[I. T. Haze]]'s [[The hedge maze|hedge maze]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') | The old man, [[Sid]], walked quickly, chattering happily to his charge about what they saw on the way and what else they might see yet, from the orchards and vegetable garden to [[the Topiary Veranda]] and we [[I. T. Haze]]'s [[The hedge maze|hedge maze]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 37: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 1)]]'') When Sid showed his charge “[[the training ground of accursed springs]]”, the latter expressed surprise at such a seemingly malevolent thing being part of [[the Strange and Wonderful House|House]]. Sid tutted at his “mistaken impression that the House is essentially good” before adding that “even worse, like many new writers, you think you’re in control of every part of the story”; when the visitor replied that “we” did in fact “make” the House, Sid cryptically implied that this was a limited perspective. They continued walking and found themselves in a landscape which the visitor believed to be “in [[China]], or [[Japan]]”, to which Sid replied that “all three are correct, depending on your perspective”. The visitor suddenly felt calmer and realised that in the distance, he could now glimpse the towering form of [[the Bodhi Tree]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 38: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 2: Accursed Springs)|The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 2: Acccursed Springs)]]'') | ||
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