To the left, just past the painting, on the other side of the hall, is the bathroom, the sort of open door that if cameras found it as they passed through the house in a horror movie would trigger a blast of synthesizers.
He was a small, chubby little man with a perpetual air of sadness about him, making him look like a baby that has dropped its rattle.
The Ghost and Lady Alice
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He was a small, chubby little man with a perpetual air of sadness about him, making him look like a baby that has dropped its rattle.
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