SUMMARY- CHAPTER 3 -THE THOUSAND AND ONE BOTTLE

THE STRANGER LUGGAGE AND FEARENSIDE'S DOG

NEXT DAY, GRIFFIN LUGGAGE ARRIVED AT THE INN . THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TRUNKS AND BOX OF BOOKS .THE CART IS FULLY FILLED,SOME CRATES CONTAINS BOTTLES PACKED IN STRAW .THE STRANGER CAME OUT IMPATIENTLY TO MEET FEARENSIDE'S CART ,THE CART MEN OWN A DOG THAT BEGAN TO GROWL AT THE STRANGER .

              THE DOG JUMPED AT THE STRANGER'S HAND BUT MISSED AND SANK HIS TEETH IN PANT LEG.THE DOG TORE OPEN THE TROUSERS LEG, SO THE STRANGER WENT QUICKLY BACK TO HIS ROOM AND FEARENSIDE GREW ANGRY AT HIS DOG.

 MR.HALLS GLIMPSE OF A STRANGE NIGHT

MR HALL STOOD GAPING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY .HE WENT TO STRANGER'S ROOM  WITH DIM LIGHT .HE SAW A HANDLESS ARM WAVING TOWARDS

HIM & A FACE OF THREE HUGE INDETERMINATE SPOTS ON WHITE. THEN HE WAS STUCK VIOLENTLY IN THE CHEST HURLED BACK AND THE SLAMMED IN HIS FACE AND LOCKED . IT WAS SO SUDDEN  TO GET NO CHANCE TO OBSERVE AND HE SIMPLY WONDERED WHAT IT WAS.

A LITTLE GROUP OUTSIDE THE INN

HE CAME BACK AND JOINED THE LITTLE GROUP ,THE CART MAN  TOLD ABOUT THE INCIDENT ALL OVER AGAIN,MRS. HALL SHOUTED AT HIM ABOUT HIS DOG'S BEHAVIOR IN FRONT OF ALL GUEST , SO MR.HALL STARING AT HIM FOUND IT INCREDIBLE.

THE STRANGER'S BOTTLES

AFTER CHANGING HIS TROUSERS ,HE CAME TO GAVE THE ORDER FOR THE REST OF THE LUGGAGE . HE UNPACKED SIX CARTS OF BOTTLE AND ARRANGE THEM

ACROSS THE WINDOW -SILL. ALL THE SPACE IN THE ROOM WAS FILLED & THE BOTTLE CONTAINS  COLOURED AND WHITE FLUID WITH SOME OF THE LABELLED"POISON" AND SOME TEST TUBES.

MRS.HALL'S OBJJECTIONS

MRS.HALL ENTERED INTO THE ROOM AND FOUND HIM WITHOUT GLASS .HIS EYES SEEMED HOLLOW SEEING HER HE QUICKLY PUT HIS GLASSES ON .HE STARTED COMPLANING ABOUT STRAW ON THE FLOOR ,BUT HE TOLD HER TO PUT IT ON THE BILL AND ASKED TO KNOCK THE DOOR BEFORE ENTERING.

SHE ADVISED HIM TO LOCK THE DOOR FOR NO DISTURBANCE AND HE FOLLOWED THAT AND WORKED ALL AFTERNOON.  

  SOON MRS HALL HEARED THE NOISE OF A BOTTLE BEING  BROKEN . LATER SHE TOOK HIM TEA AND ASKED ABOUT THE BROKEN GLASS AND A STAIN ON THE FLOOR.HE AGAIN TOLD HER TO PUT IT ON THE BILL.

THE STRANGER-A BLACK MAN

THE CART MAN TALKED IN THE BEER SHOP OF IPING HANGER THAT THE STRANGER WAS THE BLACK MAN .HE DO NOT SEE THE PINK FLESH WHEN THE TROUSER WAS TORN AND REMINDED OF THE PINK NOSE AND SAID HE IS A PART WHITE AND A PART BLACK CREATURE. 

  

      

        BY-MRADUL DIXIT