the sitting-room

Also lounge-hall

The lounge-hall of the cottage, wrecked by Brinkley, where the fire starts and the banjolele is left.

Connections

dealings

• is smashed by Brinkley 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Unable to wash off the polish, Bertie finds a drunken Brinkley wrecking the cottage, is chased into the bedroom by him with a carving knife as the Devil, keeps quiet when Sergeant Voules arrives, and flees through the window after Brinkley upsets a lamp and sets the cottage ablaze, leaving the banjolele behind.Chapter 13, Seaview Cottage