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Eventually, the Fall of the House was foreseen; when “all the artifacts had been auctioned off, the [[ghost]]s had all found other places to haunt” and “the alchemists had moved their Great Work elsewhere”, the last two people to leave were [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] and a [[Dragon (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Dragon]]. Jenny actually hadn't been to the House in ages, but found that she would somehow still miss it. She had returned to the House just before its fall to retrieve something: a [[House seed]]. | Eventually, the Fall of the House was foreseen; when “all the artifacts had been auctioned off, the [[ghost]]s had all found other places to haunt” and “the alchemists had moved their Great Work elsewhere”, the last two people to leave were [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] and a [[Dragon (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Dragon]]. Jenny actually hadn't been to the House in ages, but found that she would somehow still miss it. She had returned to the House just before its fall to retrieve something: a [[House seed]]. | ||
Jenny and the Dragon watched forlornly as a bolt of lightning shot down from the “lead-coloured sky” and struck the House. A blue fire consumed the vast bulk of the House within moments, leaving nothing but ruins which crumbled into [[#The Tarn|the Tarn]]. After a long moment of silence, the Dragon declared: “So it goes. All things must have their time”, before asking Jenny if she “ha[s] taken everything [she] need[s]”. She showed | Jenny and the Dragon watched forlornly as a bolt of lightning shot down from the “lead-coloured sky” and struck the House. A blue fire consumed the vast bulk of the House within moments, leaving nothing but ruins which crumbled into [[#The Tarn|the Tarn]]. After a long moment of silence, the Dragon declared: “So it goes. All things must have their time”, before asking Jenny if she “ha[s] taken everything [she] need[s]”. She showed the Dragon the House seed before pocketing it, and, with no further ceremony, the two walked off elsewhere, leaving behind the silent shores of the Tarn. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 60: The Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|The Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House]]'') | ||
=== Legacy === | === Legacy === | ||
