Re: Chapter 1: The Reading
"Certainly Lord Deville, I will be at your disposal to go over your portfolio whenever you have the time" Paine assures you. "Gentlemen, would you be so kind as to follow me?"
He then leads you downstairs to the vault, where a clerk produces the key and fetches box 2464. Paine stands back discretely, but his curiousity is palpable as Jonathan opens the box...
Inside is a black, leather bound 5 year journal for the years 1905 - 1909, and a yellowing photograph that appears at first glance to be severely over-exposed. It shows an elderly man lying on what looks like a hospital bed. His eyes are closed, his face gaunt and pain-wracked. The man's torso is concealed by a large blob of white. Disturbingly, the man appears to be chained to the bed...