The Eyre Affair
Author:The Eyre Affair
Language: eng
Published: 2011-03-16T21:26:20.903000+00:00
'I had hoped that I would find a manuscript by Austen or Trollope, Thackeray, Fielding or Swift. Maybe Johnson, Wells or Conan-Doyle.
Defoe would have been fun. Imagine my delight when I discovered that Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece Jane Eyre was on show at her old home. How can fate be more fortuitous . . . ?'
acheron hades
— Degeneracy for Pleasure and Profit
Our safety recommendations had been passed to the Bronte museum and there were five armed security guards on duty that night. They were all burly Yorkshiremen, specially chosen for this most august of duties because of their strong sense of literary pride. One stayed in the room with the manuscript, another was on guard within the building, two patrolled outside, and the fifth was in a little room with six TV screens. The guard in front of the monitors ate an The Eyre Affair
egg-and-onion sandwich and kept a diligent eye on the screens. He didn't see anything remiss on the monitors, but then Acheron's curious powers had never been declassified below SO-9.
It was easy for Hades to gain entry; he just slipped in through the kitchen door after forcing the lock with a crowbar.
The guard patrolling inside didn't hear Acheron approach. His lifeless body was later found wedged beneath the Belfast sink. Acheron carefully mounted the stairs, trying not to make any noise. In reality he could have made as much noise as he liked. He knew the guards' .385 couldn't harm him, but what was the fun of just walking in and helping himself? He padded slowly up the corridor to the room where the manuscript was displayed and peered in.
The room was empty. For some reason the guard was not in attendance. He walked up to the armoured glass case and placed his hand just above the book. The glass beneath his flattened palm started to ripple and soften; pretty soon it was pliable enough for Hades to push his fingers through and grasp the manuscript. The destabilised glass twisted and stretched like rubber as the book was pulled clear and then rapidly reformed itself back into solid glass; the only evidence that its molecules had been rearranged was a slight mottling on the surface. Hades smiled triumphantly as he read the front page:
Jane Eyre
An autobiography by currer bell October 1847
Acheron meant to take the book straight away, but he had always liked the story. Succumbing to temptation, he started to read.
It was open at the section where Jane Eyre is in bed and hears a low cackle of demonic laughter outside her room.
Glad that the laughter is not coming from within her room, she arises and throws the bolt on the door, crying out:
'Who is there?'
By way of an answer there is only a low gurgle and a moan, the sound of steps retreating and then the shutting of a door. Jane wraps a shawl around her shoulders and slowly pulls back the bolt, opening the door a crack and peering cautiously outside. Upon the matting she espies a single candle and also notices that the corridor is full of smoke.
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