Introduction; a secluded room in the mansion
At the end of a hallway where no one usually goes, there's a spartan room. Inside lives a woman, flanked by anonymous nurses that stick with her as obediently as lapdogs. She wears old-fashioned, expensive clothing, including a black mourning veil draped over her face, and her hands, withered and ancient, lay on top of an embroidery sampler in her lap. She sits in a wheelchair, her posture regal and proud.
"Lift my veil," she will say, when she has a visitor, and one of her nurses will do so. "Ah," she'll say, when she can see you, "how good to see you. Can I offer you anything?"
Typist: Please welcome Great-Aunt Cornelia Pendergast of Lincoln and Child's Pendergast series, resident of Mount Mercy Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Don't worry, she's harmless if you don't get too close, and is an excellent resource on the Pendergast family should you wish to learn anything about them.
"Lift my veil," she will say, when she has a visitor, and one of her nurses will do so. "Ah," she'll say, when she can see you, "how good to see you. Can I offer you anything?"
Typist: Please welcome Great-Aunt Cornelia Pendergast of Lincoln and Child's Pendergast series, resident of Mount Mercy Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Don't worry, she's harmless if you don't get too close, and is an excellent resource on the Pendergast family should you wish to learn anything about them.