Hell House (2011)
“Pushing the table in front of the opening, he placed on top of it a tambourine, a small guitar, a tea bell, and a length of rope. He looked at the cabinet appraisingly for several moments, then turned to the others.
They watched as he rummaged through the contents of the wooden chest from which he'd gotten the rope, tea bell, guitar, and tambourine. He lifted out a pair of black tights and a black long-sleeved smock and held them out to Florence. "I believe they'll fit," he said.
Florence stare...d at him.
"You don't object, do you?" "Well—" "You know it's standard procedure." "Yes, but"—Florence hesitated, then went on—"as a precaution against fraud." "Primarily." Florence's smile was awkward. "Surely you don't think I'm capable of perpetrating fraud with a form of mediumship I didn't even know I had before last night." "I'm not implying that, Miss Tanner. It's simply that I must maintain a standard. If I don't, the results of the sitting are scientifically unacceptable." Finally she sighed.MoreLess
They watched as he rummaged through the contents of the wooden chest from which he'd gotten the rope, tea bell, guitar, and tambourine. He lifted out a pair of black tights and a black long-sleeved smock and held them out to Florence. "I believe they'll fit," he said.
Florence stare...d at him.
"You don't object, do you?" "Well—" "You know it's standard procedure." "Yes, but"—Florence hesitated, then went on—"as a precaution against fraud." "Primarily." Florence's smile was awkward. "Surely you don't think I'm capable of perpetrating fraud with a form of mediumship I didn't even know I had before last night." "I'm not implying that, Miss Tanner. It's simply that I must maintain a standard. If I don't, the results of the sitting are scientifically unacceptable." Finally she sighed.MoreLess
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Guest 5 years ago
This was a sprawling mess. Love his other work but this ... was just all over the place... and the ending... no spoilers, but it'll probably leave you feeling a little short.Write Review:
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