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He
had
signed
agreements
with
the
most
popular
dancer
in
Italy
;
he
had
transferred
the
charge
of
Mrs
.
Norbury
to
his
brother
Henry
,
who
had
joined
him
in
Milan
;
and
he
was
now
at
full
liberty
to
amuse
himself
by
testing
in
every
possible
way
the
extraordinary
influence
exercised
over
his
relatives
by
the
new
hotel
.
When
his
brother
and
sister
first
told
him
what
their
experience
had
been
,
he
instantly
declared
that
he
would
go
to
Venice
in
the
interest
of
his
theatre
.
The
circumstances
related
to
him
contained
invaluable
hints
for
a
ghost
-
drama
.
The
title
occurred
to
him
in
the
railway
:
’
The
Haunted
Hotel
.
’
Post
that
in
red
letters
six
feet
high
,
on
a
black
ground
,
all
over
London
—
and
trust
the
excitable
public
to
crowd
into
the
theatre
!
Received
with
the
politest
attention
by
the
manager
,
Francis
met
with
a
disappointment
on
entering
the
hotel
.
’
Some
mistake
,
sir
.
No
such
room
on
the
first
floor
as
Number
Fourteen
.
The
room
bearing
that
number
is
on
the
second
floor
,
and
has
been
occupied
by
me
,
from
the
day
when
the
hotel
opened
.
Perhaps
you
meant
number
13
A
,
on
the
first
floor
?
It
will
be
at
your
service
to
-
morrow
—
a
charming
room
.
In
the
mean
time
,
we
will
do
the
best
we
can
for
you
,
to
-
night
.
’
A
man
who
is
the
successful
manager
of
a
theatre
is
probably
the
last
man
in
the
civilized
universe
who
is
capable
of
being
impressed
with
favourable
opinions
of
his
fellow
-
creatures
.
Francis
privately
set
the
manager
down
as
a
humbug
,
and
the
story
about
the
numbering
of
the
rooms
as
a
lie
.
On
the
day
of
his
arrival
,
he
dined
by
himself
in
the
restaurant
,
before
the
hour
of
the
table
d
’
hote
,
for
the
express
purpose
of
questioning
the
waiter
,
without
being
overheard
by
anybody
.
The
answer
led
him
to
the
conclusion
that
’
13
A
’
occupied
the
situation
in
the
hotel
which
had
been
described
by
his
brother
and
sister
as
the
situation
of
’
14
.
’
He
asked
next
for
the
Visitors
’
List
;
and
found
that
the
French
gentleman
who
then
occupied
’
13
A
,
’
was
the
proprietor
of
a
theatre
in
Paris
,
personally
well
known
to
him
.
Was
the
gentleman
then
in
the
hotel
?
He
had
gone
out
,
but
would
certainly
return
for
the
table
d
’
hote
.
When
the
public
dinner
was
over
,
Francis
entered
the
room
,
and
was
welcomed
by
his
Parisian
colleague
,
literally
,
with
open
arms
.
’
Come
and
have
a
cigar
in
my
room
,
’
said
the
friendly
Frenchman
.
’
I
want
to
hear
whether
you
have
really
engaged
that
woman
at
Milan
or
not
.
’
In
this
easy
way
,
Francis
found
his
opportunity
of
comparing
the
interior
of
the
room
with
the
description
which
he
had
heard
of
it
at
Milan
.
Arriving
at
the
door
,
the
Frenchman
bethought
himself
of
his
travelling
companion
.
’
My
scene
-
painter
is
here
with
me
,
’
he
said
,
’
on
the
look
-
out
for
materials
.
An
excellent
fellow
,
who
will
take
it
as
a
kindness
if
we
ask
him
to
join
us
.
I
’
ll
tell
the
porter
to
send
him
up
when
he
comes
in
.
’
He
handed
the
key
of
his
room
to
Francis
.
’
I
will
be
back
in
a
minute
.
It
’
s
at
the
end
of
the
corridor
—
13
A
.
’
Francis
entered
the
room
alone
.
There
were
the
decorations
on
the
walls
and
the
ceiling
,
exactly
as
they
had
been
described
to
him
!
He
had
just
time
to
perceive
this
at
a
glance
,
before
his
attention
was
diverted
to
himself
and
his
own
sensations
,
by
a
grotesquely
disagreeable
occurrence
which
took
him
completely
by
surprise
.
He
became
conscious
of
a
mysteriously
offensive
odour
in
the
room
,
entirely
new
in
his
experience
of
revolting
smells
.
It
was
composed
(
if
such
a
thing
could
be
)
of
two
mingling
exhalations
,
which
were
separately
-
discoverable
exhalations
nevertheless
.
This
strange
blending
of
odours
consisted
of
something
faintly
and
unpleasantly
aromatic
,
mixed
with
another
underlying
smell
,
so
unutterably
sickening
that
he
threw
open
the
window
,
and
put
his
head
out
into
the
fresh
air
,
unable
to
endure
the
horribly
infected
atmosphere
for
a
moment
longer
.
