[Sodium_noir] Saturday Night - While the Regent's Away

[Spikey]

Elizabeth James
Tremere 

Giger comes across a collection of books packed unusually in a plastic wrap. apparently a supermarket carrier bag cut up and tied about the stack to keep them together and safe from the environment. 

He opens the package carefully to discover five books, not particularly old by some of the books standards and not overly rare or Occult. He opened the first book, 'Lavengro' by one George Borrow. Apparently a work of fiction. He flicked open the first page and began to read.

IN the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a dream, 
partly of study, partly of adventure, in which will be found 
copious notices of books, and many descriptions of life and 
manners, some in a very unusual form.

The scenes of action lie in the British Islands; - pray be not 
displeased, gentle reader, if perchance thou hast imagined that I 
was about to conduct thee to distant lands, and didst promise 
thyself much instruction and entertainment from what I might tell 
thee of them.  I do assure thee that thou hast no reason to be 
displeased, inasmuch as there are no countries in the world less 
known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where 
more strange things are every day occurring, whether in road or 
street, house or dingle.

The time embraces nearly the first quarter of the present century:  
this information again may, perhaps, be anything but agreeable to 
thee; it is a long time to revert to, but fret not thyself, many 
matters which at present much occupy the public mind originated in 
some degree towards the latter end of that period, and some of them 
will be treated of.

The principal actors in this dream, or drama, are, as you will have 
gathered from the title-page, a Scholar, a Gypsy, and a Priest.  
Should you imagine that these three form one, permit me to assure 
you that you are very much mistaken.  Should there be something of 
the Gypsy manifest in the Scholar, there is certainly nothing of 
the Priest.  With respect to the Gypsy - decidedly the most 
entertaining character of the three - there is certainly nothing of 
the Scholar or the Priest in him; and as for the Priest, though 
there may be something in him both of scholarship and gypsyism, 
neither the Scholar nor the Gypsy would feel at all flattered by 
being confounded with him.

Giger put it down after making a notation as to its name and place in his system. He looked to the next book, Titled: Romano Lavo-Lil (the Romany Dictionary), again Authored by George Borrow. The third and fourth books were by the same author too, and were called Zincali - An Account of the Gypsies of Spain and the Romany Rye. The final book was by a Doctor Hancock and was called Major Migrations in Human History. as he discards the wrapping his eyes fall upon a card, a simple note.

Reading it quickly, he places it on the plastic and decides to save it for Montenegro. Let him decide what to do with it. The note simply says 'M, a start for your quest, G'.

Giger continues with his work, saying nothing and trying not to ponder too deeply on the out of place collection.  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://elsinore.net/pipermail/sodium_noir_elsinore.net/attachments/20060411/760e4f92/attachment.htm