September 29, Entry 8

The epic of Trilby, cont.

Trilby looks around the room (wearing a burgler mask) and spies a safe under a bookcase. Being the master thief that he is, he opens it easily, but finds it empty. Not wanting to leave out the room's door, he tries the window, which seems to be stuck shut. Relucantly, he tries the door. He exits the room into an upstairs hallway. There is a man there who, frightened by Trilby's appearance in the burglar mask, runs down the stairs. Trilby, realizing it was the mask that scared him, removes it. As he walks around the upstairs hallway, he realizes that all the doors except for the one he entered the house from and the bathroom are locked. This being the case, he heads downstairs to look for another exit. Once down the stairs, Trilby finds himself in a small entryway with two doors, one leading to the kitchen, the other to the tv room. He tries the from door and finds it unnopenable, although it has no keyhole or locking mechanism of any kind. Puzzled, Trilby heads into the tv room. This room is fairly bare, having only a small tv and sofa. He notices an unused cord on the ground next to the tv and takes it, thinking it might come in handy later. He then heads into the next room, the living room. In this room there are two sofas and a rocking chair. There is also a fairly mediocre-looking painting of little value.