"Naturally. You may catch him sleeping, I'm afraid, but if that will satisfy you--"
The servants do not accompany them, but there's a man at the foot of the broad stairs, and one posted by the door upstairs, in a hallway that seems to turn in on itself.
At a nod from Jonathan, the man opens the door. The room is in darkness, but the light from the hall illuminates a figure on the bed, very still.
(There's a chair, too, but if there were ever any ropes, scarves, or other forms of binding attached to it, they've been put away.)
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"Naturally. You may catch him sleeping, I'm afraid, but if that will satisfy you--"
The servants do not accompany them, but there's a man at the foot of the broad stairs, and one posted by the door upstairs, in a hallway that seems to turn in on itself.
At a nod from Jonathan, the man opens the door. The room is in darkness, but the light from the hall illuminates a figure on the bed, very still.
(There's a chair, too, but if there were ever any ropes, scarves, or other forms of binding attached to it, they've been put away.)