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[[Maid (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|One elder Maid]] was openly dismissive of the claims of those who saw themselves as “rulers” of the House; in her view, the House ruled itself, and all the members of Staff, Master included, were but custodians. As such, among the [[Maid]]s' duties was “watch the House while the Master is away”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 46: The Maids|The Maids]]'') | [[Maid (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|One elder Maid]] was openly dismissive of the claims of those who saw themselves as “rulers” of the House; in her view, the House ruled itself, and all the members of Staff, Master included, were but custodians. As such, among the [[Maid]]s' duties was “watch the House while the Master is away”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 46: The Maids|The Maids]]'') | ||
The modern-era Master believed himself to be one of the writers who had “made” the House, | The modern-era Master believed himself to be one of the writers who had “made” the House, although [[Sid]] believed this whole way of looking at the nature of the House to be incorrect, or at least limiting. ([[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)]]'') [[Robert Quick (in-universe)|A man]] who had been part of the group who had “dreamed up” the House would later believe that he was its last survivor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 59-I: Remnants and Reminders|Remnants and Reminders]]'') This Master had “memories the size of a million eternally propagating [[Multiversal cluster|multiverses]]”, describing himself as being “on the infinity kick” when he occupied his function as Lord of the Manor. ([[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]]'') | ||
The Master of the House 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 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]]'') | ||
