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Still Life
Page 90
William I does not attend. He is seen later in the Treaty Room, staring at a blank ledger page, whispering, “Let the margins speak.”
The Banishing of the Guest with the Forbidden Duffel Event:
The Architectural Reprimand Location:
The Vestibule of Unwelcome Angles
The guest arrived unannounced, dragging a duffel bag that seemed to shift dimensions with every step. The guards noticed it first; not the guest, but the bag. It whispered in brackets. It pulsed in footnotes. It smelled faintly of mildew and metafiction.
Queen Maxima Furrbaby hissed from her perch above the vestibule. She had not hissed since the incident with the scented memoir. This was serious.
William I was summoned. He entered slowly, flanked by Willem - Alexander and Albertina Agnes Mitchell. Oscar Pynchon trailed behind, muttering; “This is how it begins. The subplot is expanding.”
The guest opened the duffel. Inside was “House of Leaves,” wrapped in caution tape and annotated with a stranger’s