Grim Tuesday
“This was no tiny cell, but a room about the size of the big family room in Arthur’s house—the house that they would lose if Arthur couldn’t stop the Grotesques.
Apart from the overall size, this room had nothing in common with Arthur’s family room. For a start, it looked more like a ship’s cabin than a room. The brick walls of the prison were gone, replaced by wooden planking, sealed with tar that had dripped in numerous places. The ceiling and the floor were planked too, and everything cre...aked a little as Arthur walked farther in. The only light came from a lamp that swung on a chain from the ceiling, making the shadows shift and sway.
There was a neatly made-up bunk in one corner and some barrels and a chest in another, but most of the room was taken up by a long table of deeply polished wood. On the table were hundreds and hundreds of different bottles, all carefully laid flat, many of them mounted on wooden or ivory bases.
Every bottle had a ship in it.MoreLess
Apart from the overall size, this room had nothing in common with Arthur’s family room. For a start, it looked more like a ship’s cabin than a room. The brick walls of the prison were gone, replaced by wooden planking, sealed with tar that had dripped in numerous places. The ceiling and the floor were planked too, and everything cre...aked a little as Arthur walked farther in. The only light came from a lamp that swung on a chain from the ceiling, making the shadows shift and sway.
There was a neatly made-up bunk in one corner and some barrels and a chest in another, but most of the room was taken up by a long table of deeply polished wood. On the table were hundreds and hundreds of different bottles, all carefully laid flat, many of them mounted on wooden or ivory bases.
Every bottle had a ship in it.MoreLess
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