This room features a small (currently locked) wet-bar (as do many rooms in Collinwood), a writing-desk, a barometer, and many shelves of books, most of them old.

The Professor enters the study and takes a deep breath. For him the smell of old books is like the scent of roses to others: seductive, enamoring, intriguing. He browses the shelves, looking for tomes on the Collins family history.

An avid researcher, the Professor wants to check up on Abigail Collins before the seance.

In reply to Prof. Everett Willoughby (msg # 2):

By means of researching the many books in the study, the professor learns that Abigail Collins died in 1795. When she was younger, Abigail nearly married. The reason she didn't is not exactly clear, but one account suggests that her brother thought the man was nothing but a fortune-hunter (that is, he was only after her money).

https://vignette.wikia.nocooki...80?cb=20061031004135

Whatever she was like when she was young, Abigail apparently became rather a spiteful woman in her later years, and a religious fanatic. She died in 1795.

(Intelligence check: 13: fail)

Professor Willoughby is unable to learn anything of further interest on the subject.

The Professor records the meager biographic information on Abigail Collins. He will have to return to this question. He heads out to the lobby, hoping to meet up with Cecelia Rryn before the seance.