Aunts and Butlers
Foyer
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and piano in another.
You can also see a teacup.
An exit leads west.

> help



> play piano

*plink* *plunk* *plonk* *PER-lunk!*

> ws

Sorry, I didn't understand that.

> w

Foyer
This is your foyer, the first room visitors see when they enter your house, and, unless you can't help it, the last. A redwood staircase leads upwards from a shabby greenish carpet; the walls are grimy except for the occasional slightly less grimy rectangle where a treasured family portrait has been sold off. The front door is in the south wall, and interior doors lead east and west.
Exits are south, east, west and up.

> s

Front porch
A rickety wooden structure welcomes guests into Fodge Manor with all the hospitality you wish to convey, i.e. none at all. A narrow street leads southward toward the centre of Bickering village.
Aunt Cedilla stands here, tutting to herself. She is carrying a thin black suitcase.
"So there you are, Ampersand," she snaps, with her customary geniality. "You were expecting me, weren't you? Have your butler collect my suitcase at once."
Of course, you dare not tell the dear old bat that you have no butler, never have had a butler, and never intend to have a butler in the future.
Exits are north and south.

> talk to aunt

"Where is that blasted butler? I do not have all day."

> n

Foyer
Exits are south, east, west and up.

> e

Drawing room
You can also see a teacup.
An exit leads west.

> get cup

Okay. You have taken the teacup.

> w

Foyer
Exits are south, east, west and up.
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Last change: 13 December 2006 (faster state-handling routine.)