disgraceful! distasteful! I declare!
Ooh, clever. As long as she doesn't bump into the CHAMBER POT. That would be a bad time.
I second Roux's notion that this "find the key" scenario gives off a quite video game-y vibe! :-D
Also, let's hope that Bijou doesn't "suddenly find the old stuck seamstress", learning that she in fact never left the room and instead perished in the key's hiding place...
The whole first part of this chapter was very much like writing an 'escape the room' game, haha.
I read a gothic novel that employed an extremely similar scenario! Dark stuff!
Time to furiously click the key onto every pixel of the screen, like in those old point-and-click games! :D
Oh boy were those the days!!
It'll go something like this, probably:
use key on lock: nothing happens.
Combine key with candlewax: obtained waxy key.
Use waxy key on lock: nothing happens.
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