Start of a transcript of Savoir-Faire An interactive search for loot. Copyright Emily Short 2002. Type INFO if you have not played before. Type LICENSE for the terms of use and distribution. Type CREDITS for tester and library acknowledgements. Release 6 / Serial number 020420 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 Standard interpreter 1.0 (6F) / Library serial number 991113 >restore Ok. >l Old Conservatory A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. On the high shelf is a stone block. The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. >w Marie's Chamber Stripped of the elegant clutter it once possessed, the room still offers a charming view through the north window of the old grounds, and the way out is to the east. The wallpaper and floorboards are still as elegant as ever. Hanging on the wall is an elegant gilt-wood mirror, reflecting sunlight over the ground before it. Her desk remains, pushed against the wall. >x mirror (the gilt-wood mirror) Framed with twists and curls of gilded wood, most abstract, though along the top are floral swags. >x desk A deep, satin-lustrous cherry, with gilt-metal decorations. The years have not been kind, and it has cracked and split in several places; the finish is damaged, and where there is inlaid mother of pearl, it is beginning to come up from its bed. But it is still a sound piece, and features two drawers. >open top That's already open. >x top Cherry-wood with inlaid front and a gilt pull. >get it That's part of the desk. >x bottom Cherry-wood with inlaid front and a gilt pull. >e Old Conservatory A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. On the high shelf is a stone block. The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. >s Staircase, First Floor The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving rooms. North is the old conservatory. >x stair You can't see any such thing. >x stairs The usual grand staircase: shallow steps and wide banisters, ideal for descending in a broad-skirted gown. >[heh] That's not a verb I recognize. >e Long Salon A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in stocking- feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the north and east. The door east is closed. >e You'll have to get the tall door unlocked first. >touch it You feel nothing unexpected. >touch east (the tall door) Apparently it has forgotten you. >n Countess' Sitting Room This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the brightly-colored and the jewel- like. The count brought her some things from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some bits remain. A thick-pile Persian rug lies on the floor, patterned in lapis and emerald. You can also see some glass shards here. >touch shards You'd most likely cut yourself. >x rug It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and peculiar. >get it (putting the fork into the sack to make room) Taken. >[wait, I *have* the rug?] You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. >x rug It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and peculiar. >i You are carrying: a rug a dark wooden box (which is open) a mirror inset inside the box (providing light) a blue glass jar (which is open) some onion dye (which leaves a little room in the blue glass jar) a green glass jar (which is open) some olive oil (which leaves a little room in the green glass jar) a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc some Sauvignon Blanc (which leaves some room in the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) a celestial bauble (providing white light) a jeweled pin (being worn) a pearl necklace (being worn) a sack (which is open) a red glass jar (which is open but empty) a sword a yellow handkerchief a sponge a cork a pine chest (which is open but empty) some mechanical human dancers a navy cloak a round metal tin (which is open but empty) some documents an old letter some household papers a small portrait a crumpled paper a burnt scrap of paper a butcher knife a swordstick a snuffbox (which is closed) two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) a blue bottle (which is closed) eleven food items: a goat cheese a sprig of mint a wedge of brie a salers some apples some hunks of salt pork some lentils a sprig of parsley a bay leaf a clove of garlic a loaf of stale bread four recipe cylinders: a Tea Recipe a Chocolate Recipe an Easter Egg Recipe a Lentil Soup Recipe four pieces of silverware: a fork a silver-plated corkscrew a table knife a spoon three metal dishes: a plate a cup a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) two keys: an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading east) a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) five books: Guide to Assorted Wines The Lavori d'Aracne Clock Repair On Vegetable Dyes The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) a dashing hat (being worn) >[wow] That's not a verb I recognize. >l Countess' Sitting Room This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the brightly-colored and the jewel- like. The count brought her some things from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some bits remain. You can see some glass shards here. >x rug It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and peculiar. >x pattern It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and peculiar. >[hmm...] That's not a verb I recognize. >l Countess' Sitting Room This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the brightly-colored and the jewel- like. The count brought her some things from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some bits remain. You can see some glass shards here. >w (treading gingerly around the glass bits) You can go only south. >s (treading gingerly around the glass bits) Long Salon A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in stocking- feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the north and east. The door east is closed. >w Staircase, First Floor The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving rooms. North is the old conservatory. >d Entrance Hall Flourishing, spacious; it is its best with a half-dozen servants in livery. The floor is Italian marble, and the walls are dressed with yellow silk hangings. The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open north and northeast. An old gothic door framed in stone leads west. The wooden door is currently closed. A sad heap of used yellow brocade huddles on the floor here. On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x floor (the marble floor) Veined colorfully in cream and muted orange, turned glossy with much polishing. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x walls You see nothing special about the wall. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x yellow silk Huddled and ripped on the ground. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >get it That's hardly portable. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x wooden door A wooden, pointed door in a very old style; this part of the building dates to a previous version of the house, from only the chapel and a few other rooms survive. There is a conspicuous keyhole plate in the door. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >look through keyhole In the keyhole is an ornate key. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x ornate It's not exactly easy to get a good look. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >touch it Your finger does not fit into the keyhole. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >turn it Your finger does not fit into the keyhole. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >turn it with sword I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the ornate key. >pick lock You can't see any such thing. >pour olive oil on key Which do you mean, the ornate key, the iron key or the silver key? >ornate You consume some of the olive oil in moistening the ornate key. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >push ornate with sword (first taking the sword) (putting the dark wooden box into the sack to make room) You poke the sword into the keyhole, but the key seems to be quite solidly jammed in place. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >[curses] That's not a verb I recognize. >x ornate It's not exactly easy to get a good look. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >sheath sword You put the sword into the swordstick. On the half-hour the cuckoo clock opens up its door and a mechanical bird flies forward. It sings a brief warbling tune, then withdraws into its little door. >x olive oil Clear yellow and viscous. The cuckoo clock clicks closed. >i You are carrying: a rug a blue glass jar (which is open) some onion dye (which leaves a little room in the blue glass jar) a green glass jar (which is open) some olive oil (which leaves a little room in the green glass jar) a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc some Sauvignon Blanc (which leaves some room in the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) a celestial bauble (providing white light) a jeweled pin (being worn) a pearl necklace (being worn) a sack (which is open) a dark wooden box (which is open) a mirror inset inside the box (providing light) a red glass jar (which is open but empty) a yellow handkerchief a sponge a cork a pine chest (which is open but empty) some mechanical human dancers a navy cloak a round metal tin (which is open but empty) some documents an old letter some household papers a small portrait a crumpled paper a burnt scrap of paper a butcher knife a swordstick a sword a snuffbox (which is closed) two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) a blue bottle (which is closed) eleven food items: a goat cheese a sprig of mint a wedge of brie a salers some apples some hunks of salt pork some lentils a sprig of parsley a bay leaf a clove of garlic a loaf of stale bread four recipe cylinders: a Tea Recipe a Chocolate Recipe an Easter Egg Recipe a Lentil Soup Recipe four pieces of silverware: a fork a silver-plated corkscrew a table knife a spoon three metal dishes: a plate a cup a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) two keys: an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading east) a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) five books: Guide to Assorted Wines The Lavori d'Aracne Clock Repair On Vegetable Dyes The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) a dashing hat (being worn) The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >x small portrait Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl who gazes down on you with awareness and pity. It is not especially well-executed, and probably worth little on the market, but it has always filled you with a kind of resentment -- even now. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >read it Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl who gazes down on you with awareness and pity. It is not especially well-executed, and probably worth little on the market, but it has always filled you with a kind of resentment -- even now. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >close blue You close the blue glass jar. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >close green You close the green glass jar. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >put all in sack rug: Done. blue glass jar: Done. green glass jar: Done. bottle of Sauvignon Blanc: Putting an open container of Sauvignon Blanc into the sack seems like an invitation to disaster. celestial bauble: Done. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >i You are carrying: a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc some Sauvignon Blanc (which leaves some room in the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) a jeweled pin (being worn) a pearl necklace (being worn) a sack (which is open) a celestial bauble (providing white light) a green glass jar (which is closed) some olive oil (which leaves a little room in the green glass jar) a blue glass jar (which is closed) some onion dye (which leaves a little room in the blue glass jar) a rug a dark wooden box (which is open) a mirror inset inside the box (providing light) a red glass jar (which is open but empty) a yellow handkerchief a sponge a cork a pine chest (which is open but empty) some mechanical human dancers a navy cloak a round metal tin (which is open but empty) some documents an old letter some household papers a small portrait a crumpled paper a burnt scrap of paper a butcher knife a swordstick a sword a snuffbox (which is closed) two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) a blue bottle (which is closed) eleven food items: a goat cheese a sprig of mint a wedge of brie a salers some apples some hunks of salt pork some lentils a sprig of parsley a bay leaf a clove of garlic a loaf of stale bread four recipe cylinders: a Tea Recipe a Chocolate Recipe an Easter Egg Recipe a Lentil Soup Recipe four pieces of silverware: a fork a silver-plated corkscrew a table knife a spoon three metal dishes: a plate a cup a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) two keys: an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading east) a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) five books: Guide to Assorted Wines The Lavori d'Aracne Clock Repair On Vegetable Dyes The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) a dashing hat (being worn) The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >drop sack Dropped. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >getit That's not a verb I recognize. >get it Taken. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >i You are carrying: a sack (which is open) a celestial bauble (providing white light) a green glass jar (which is closed) some olive oil (which leaves a little room in the green glass jar) a blue glass jar (which is closed) some onion dye (which leaves a little room in the blue glass jar) a rug a dark wooden box (which is open) a mirror inset inside the box (providing light) a red glass jar (which is open but empty) a yellow handkerchief a sponge a cork a pine chest (which is open but empty) some mechanical human dancers a navy cloak a round metal tin (which is open but empty) some documents an old letter some household papers a small portrait a crumpled paper a burnt scrap of paper a butcher knife a swordstick a sword a snuffbox (which is closed) two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) a blue bottle (which is closed) eleven food items: a goat cheese a sprig of mint a wedge of brie a salers some apples some hunks of salt pork some lentils a sprig of parsley a bay leaf a clove of garlic a loaf of stale bread four recipe cylinders: a Tea Recipe a Chocolate Recipe an Easter Egg Recipe a Lentil Soup Recipe four pieces of silverware: a fork a silver-plated corkscrew a table knife a spoon three metal dishes: a plate a cup a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) two keys: an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading east) a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) five books: Guide to Assorted Wines The Lavori d'Aracne Clock Repair On Vegetable Dyes The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc some Sauvignon Blanc (which leaves some room in the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) a jeweled pin (being worn) a pearl necklace (being worn) a dashing hat (being worn) The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >l Entrance Hall Flourishing, spacious; it is its best with a half-dozen servants in livery. The floor is Italian marble, and the walls are dressed with yellow silk hangings. The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open north and northeast. An old gothic door framed in stone leads west. The wooden door is currently closed. A sad heap of used yellow brocade huddles on the floor here. On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >cut brocade with sword (first taking the sword) You draw the sword from its sheath. You can't do significant damage -- it'd take all day to saw much of a cut into the hangings. The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. >n Library Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and south. A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner. On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. >x model Fitted out with tiny planets on arms, and the major moons of the planets, revolving around a center. There is no sun, however; there is only a sort of holder designed to contain something spherical. Most of the planets are ordinary balls of solid metal, except for Jupiter. They stand still. >x io Various mythological figures are portrayed -- Cupid is a favorite, and then, if you recall correctly, a Galatea, and an Io-before-the-cow-incident. But you can't see them clearly from here. >[heh. I was going for the moon] That's not a verb I recognize. >x jupiter Jupiter is a large sphere of copperish metal, though it is pierced through and has a sort of lens inserted in the center. >x lens Jupiter is a large sphere of copperish metal, though it is pierced through and has a sort of lens inserted in the center. >get it The planets are not removable. >move it The model universe is designed to work under its own power. >se You can go only south or east. >e Dining Room A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper and the handsome wood paneling. Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. >x ceiling You see nothing special about the ceiling. >x air You can't see any such thing. >breathe air That's not a verb I recognize. >x sunlight Warming and golden. >x chandelier An extravagant cascade of crystal, with places to hold candles, but not used. >get it That's hardly portable. >x table (the table) A glossy mahogany table. Seats 25 easily; supports a massive epergne without complaint. Once the Baroness of Venchy (who was not an entirely respectable lady, having been an actress for some years before the Baron met her)-- once, elevated by spirits, she also became elevated by this very table, and delivered herself of two monologues and her overskirt before anyone had the presence of mind to call her to a halt. >[hee!] That's not a verb I recognize. >look under table (the table) A little dust, perhaps. >x double doors A pair of white-painted doors that lead into the upstairs corridor of the house. Each door panel is decorated with the family crest, picked out in ostentatious gold, as though to warn servants not to wander that direction uninvited. >l Dining Room A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper and the handsome wood paneling. Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. >x columns Carved in a sort of pseudo-Corinthian style, with carved acanthus leaves and scrollwork in the capitals. >read it Carved in a sort of pseudo-Corinthian style, with carved acanthus leaves and scrollwork in the capitals. >search it Having lived in this house for some fifteen years, you suspect that if there are secret items to be found, they are not hidden in the most public room of the house. >[heh] That's not a verb I recognize. >e Kitchen Corridor A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Double doors give west onto the main house. >d The mirror inset inside the box stops glowing. Bottom of Servants' Staircase An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the east. An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. >x foundation You can't see any such thing. >w Root Cellar Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Through the open door to the east you can make out the foot of the servants' staircase. >x boxes The barrels are lined up against the wall, three deep in some places and two high. The roof is too low here to permit better. >search boxes The assortment of boxes and barrels is empty. >x door An ordinary wooden door. >close it You close the cellar door. >open it You open the cellar door. >e Bottom of Servants' Staircase An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the east. An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. >u The mirror inset inside the box begins to glow with reflected light. Kitchen Corridor A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Double doors give west onto the main house. >e Kitchen A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length of the room. To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep. On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is empty). >x fireplace The usual empty space and ash within it. >x tables Higher than a table you might eat at, and designed for people to use when standing up. >look under tables A little dust, perhaps. >x contraption The body of the contraption is mostly just a large box, into which things can be put, and an assembly of clockwork parts in a separate case, not to be interfered with. There is also a dial which may be set to various positions, and a spindle, on which is a cylinder with a pattern of strange bumps on it, labeled "Andouillettes Recipe". The delicate contraption is currently switched off. >get recipe (the Andouillettes Recipe) It takes a bit of wiggling to get the cylinder to come free, but you extricate it without too much difficulty. >put it in sack You put the Andouillettes Recipe into the sack. >x dial A dial which can be rotated to show one word at a time, labeled 'SHAPE'. Currently the word showing is LEAF. >turn it You turn the dial gently with one finger, and it clicks around to display the setting ROSE. >g You turn the dial gently with one finger, and it clicks around to display the setting FISH. >n Scullery A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. >x counter The counter runs along two walls of the room and partway along the third, to make room for all of the various things that must be washed here from time to time. >touch it Rough under your fingers. >x cupboard Unlike the furniture in the main part of the house, it is made of a rather ordinary wood and finished with no particular distinction. >full You have so far scored 76 out of a possible 125, in 1020 turns, giving you the rank of full-fledged housebreaker. The score is made up as follows: 2 forging your first link 1 making the dancers dance 2 redecorating the foyer 3 having an interesting dream 5 catching the clockwork bee 3 melting a tangle of roses 4 success in a culinary venture 2 snooping in the Count's papers 5 forging your first reverse-link 2 snooping in Marie's papers 3 finally getting over your hunger 4 turning on the universe 5 floating the tea recipe 20 collecting items of some value 15 visiting various places 76 total (out of 125) >enter cupboard That's not something you can enter. >look in it The cupboard is empty. >s Kitchen A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length of the room. To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep. On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is empty). >u Servants' Dormitory Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used to hearing at home. >x rack A sort of contraption of several long bars which will support clothing thrown over it to dry. >get it That's hardly portable. >close it That's not something you can close. >d Kitchen A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length of the room. To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep. On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is empty). >e Kitchen Garden West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow of a pipe that comes through the wall. In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in another is the antique sundial. >x well A dark circle of stone, the depths of which you cannot see. The water comes up within reach. A bar of iron crosses the well, to support a bucket on a rope (which, however, is itself lacking). In the well is a body of water. >i You are carrying: a sword a sack (which is open) a celestial bauble (providing white light) a green glass jar (which is closed) some olive oil (which leaves a little room in the green glass jar) a blue glass jar (which is closed) some onion dye (which leaves a little room in the blue glass jar) a rug a dark wooden box (which is open) a mirror inset inside the box (providing light) a red glass jar (which is open but empty) a yellow handkerchief a sponge a cork a pine chest (which is open but empty) some mechanical human dancers a navy cloak a round metal tin (which is open but empty) some documents an old letter some household papers a small portrait a crumpled paper a burnt scrap of paper a butcher knife a swordstick a snuffbox (which is closed) two bottles of wine: a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) a blue bottle (which is closed) eleven food items: a goat cheese a sprig of mint a wedge of brie a salers some apples some hunks of salt pork some lentils a sprig of parsley a bay leaf a clove of garlic a loaf of stale bread four pieces of silverware: a fork a silver-plated corkscrew a table knife a spoon three metal dishes: a plate a cup a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) two keys: an iron key (which opens the magenta door leading east) a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) five books: Guide to Assorted Wines The Lavori d'Aracne Clock Repair On Vegetable Dyes The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) five recipe cylinders: an Andouillettes Recipe a Tea Recipe a Chocolate Recipe an Easter Egg Recipe a Lentil Soup Recipe a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc some Sauvignon Blanc (which leaves some room in the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) a jeweled pin (being worn) a pearl necklace (being worn) a dashing hat (being worn) >fill tin from well (first taking the round metal tin) Taken. You put some water in the round metal tin. This fills the round metal tin to the brim. >link tin to well You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though they will never go together. >put cork in well (first taking the cork) Taken. You put the cork into the well. The cork floats on the surface. >[no return there] That's not a verb I recognize. >get cork Taken. >put small portrait in well (first taking the small portrait) Taken. You put the small portrait into the well. The small portrait floats on the surface. >[and again] That's not a verb I recognize. >get portrait Taken. >x it Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl; the writing on the back says it is the Baroness D'Envers at a young age, which would make her some distant cousin of the Count, several generations back, and also related to the man currently holding all your notes. It is not especially well-executed, and probably worth fairly little on the market. >x it Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl; the writing on the back says it is the Baroness D'Envers at a young age, which would make her some distant cousin of the Count, several generations back, and also related to the man currently holding all your notes. It is not especially well-executed, and probably worth fairly little on the market. >[Arr, gotta reboot] You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. >quit Are you sure you want to quit? y