This expansive, square chamber has walls of a finely grained grey

wood, and the floors are a patterened black marble. Slightly

disturbing statues stand on short pedestals here, and odd portraits

hanging from the walls seem to stare at you with a life of their own.

Racks for hanging coats and cloaks stand by the door here, and an

ornate boot-rack sits to one side. A plush red carpet leads off down

a passage to the south, and the only other exit is through the door.