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On [[Christmas Eve]], [[Queen Victoria]] has [[Castringham|Mr Castringham]] escort the newly-appointed [[Prime Minister (The Empire Man)|Prime Minister]] along a hidden [[tunnel]] to a [[library]] beneath [[Buckingham Palace]] to share [[ghost story|ghost stories]] with her. She tells him about how, when she was about six, she was looked after by [[Wickmere|Mrs Wickmere]] in the absence of her [[nanny]] and learnt from her about the evil reputation of [[Altring Wood]], supposedly the site of a [[massacre]] at the hands of a [[Rome|Roman]]. Later, the young Queen ran from a tall and bony creature made of [[wood]] and [[moss]] into the arms of Mrs Wickmere, who was dismissed shortly after and never spoken of again. | On [[Christmas Eve]], [[Queen Victoria]] has [[Castringham|Mr Castringham]] escort the newly-appointed [[Prime Minister (The Empire Man)|Prime Minister]] along a hidden [[tunnel]] to a [[library]] beneath [[Buckingham Palace]] to share [[ghost story|ghost stories]] with her. She tells him about how, when she was about six, she was looked after by [[Wickmere|Mrs Wickmere]] in the absence of her [[nanny]] and learnt from her about the evil reputation of [[Altring Wood]], supposedly the site of a [[massacre]] at the hands of a [[Rome|Roman]]. Later, the young Queen ran from a tall and bony creature made of [[wood]] and [[moss]] into the arms of Mrs Wickmere, who was dismissed shortly after and never spoken of again. | ||
Twenty years later, Queen Victoria returned to Altring Wood with [[Prince Albert]] and found it to be a pleasant place until Mrs Wickmere jumped in their way, warning the Queen of "the [[emperor]]'s man", a term which she believes that the Prime Minister has heard before despite his denial. | Twenty years later, Queen Victoria returned to Altring Wood with [[Prince Albert]] and found it to be a pleasant place until Mrs Wickmere jumped in their way, warning the Queen of "the [[emperor]]'s man", a term which she believes that the Prime Minister has heard before despite his denial. She tells him of a dream she had in which she and the scared creature were being chased and then asks Mr Castringham to tell a story of his own, which surprises the Prime Minister. | ||
Mr Castringham recounts his stay as the only guest at the [[Slothful Warden]] in [[Angleson-next-Sea]] the previous [[winter]]. He went to ask [[Elm (The Empire Man)|Mrs Elm]] about the unique [[cabinet]] in his room when he found her in a sort of [[trance]] and promised that he would not bother her, later telling her only that he lost track of time after an encounter with a figure on the [[beach]]. He was awoken in the night by knocking from inside the cabinet and opened it, finding within an inhuman child which disappeared before Mrs Elm came to investigate. Before returning to [[London]] the next day, he learnt that the cabinet was an heirloom made from wood from Altring Wood. | |||
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