The Prince of Midnight
“Without an instant's hesitation that Leigh could see, the Seigneur strode up the steps and ducked into the low doorway of the venerable edifice, bade a skittish Nemo to sit himself down, dropped the saddle and baggage in the middle of the hall, and asked a passing waiter to see if the landlord could spare him his usual room.
The man paused for a moment, staring, and then his face brightened with recognition. "Mr. Maitland! We ain't 'ad the honor for some time, sir!" The landlord himself appeare...d, and it was quickly apparent that at the Mermaid Inn they had not the least objection to sinister guests and their ill-assorted parties. Mr. Maitland received the warmhearted welcome accorded to a familiar and gratifying visitor. The innkeeper only glanced at Leigh and Nemo, and made no protest at all about the animal as he led them along a bewildering maze of corridors to the Queen's Chamber, where a tremendous dark four-poster dominated the tiny room.
The place smelled of age and beeswax, pleasantly musty, with a new fire laid ready in the grate.MoreLess
The man paused for a moment, staring, and then his face brightened with recognition. "Mr. Maitland! We ain't 'ad the honor for some time, sir!" The landlord himself appeare...d, and it was quickly apparent that at the Mermaid Inn they had not the least objection to sinister guests and their ill-assorted parties. Mr. Maitland received the warmhearted welcome accorded to a familiar and gratifying visitor. The innkeeper only glanced at Leigh and Nemo, and made no protest at all about the animal as he led them along a bewildering maze of corridors to the Queen's Chamber, where a tremendous dark four-poster dominated the tiny room.
The place smelled of age and beeswax, pleasantly musty, with a new fire laid ready in the grate.MoreLess
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