“Yes, it’s like the Musée Grévin.⁠ ⁠… But, I say, Erik⁠ ⁠… there are no tortures in there!⁠ ⁠… What a fright you gave me!”

“Why⁠ ⁠… as there is no one there?”

“Did you design that room? It’s very handsome. You’re a great artist, Erik.”

“Yes, a great artist, in my own line.”

“But tell me, Erik, why did you call that room the torture-chamber?”

“Oh, it’s very simple. First of all, what did you see?”

“I saw a forest.”

“And what is in a forest?”

“Trees.”

“And what is in a tree?”