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'what's that?' He looked down on Rottcodd and his eyes became glassy.
In truth Mr Flay had surprised himself. Why indeed, he thought to himself, had he troubled to tell Rottcodd the news which meant so much to him? Why Rottcodd, of all people? He continued staring at the curator for some while, and the more he stood and pondered the clearer it became to him that the question he had been asked was, to say the very least, uncomfortably pertinent.
The little man in front of him had asked a simple and forthright question. it had been rather a poser. He took a couple of shambling steps towards Mr Rottcodd, and then, forcing his hands into his trouser pockets, turned round very slowly on one heel.
'Ah,' he said at last, 'I see what you mean, Rottcodd - I see what you mean.'
Rottcodd was longing to get back to his hammock and enjoy the luxury of being quite alone again, but his eye travelled even more speedily to the visitor's face when he heard the remark. Mr Flay had said he saw what Roddcodd had meant. Had he really? Very interesting. What, by the way, had he meant? What precisely was it that Mr Flay had seen? He flecked an imaginary speck of dust from the gilded head of a dryad.
'You are interested in the birth below?' he inquired.
Flay stood for a while as though he had heard nothing, but after a few minutes it became obvious he was thunderstruck. 'Interested!' he cried in a deep, husky voice. 'Interested! The child is a Groan. An authentic male Groan. Challenge to Change! No Change, Rottcodd. No Change!'
'Ah,' said Rottcodd. 'I see your point, Mr Flay. But his lordship was not dying?'
'No,' said Mr Flay, 'he was not dying, but teeth lengthen!' and he strode to the wooden shutters with long, slow heron-like paces, and the dust rose behind him.
(-- Mervyn Peake, "Titus Groan, ch.1: The Hall of the Bright Carvings")

This is the draft for the "The Hall of The Bright Carvings" - I only completed 7 coloured pages but I'd roughly drafted the whole first chapter...I'm not sure when I'll get time to develop more finished pages, so I'm posting the plan in it's entirety.

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'what's that?' He looked down on Rottcodd and his eyes became glassy.
In truth Mr Flay had surprised himself. Why indeed, he thought to himself, had he troubled to tell Rottcodd the news which meant so much to him? Why Rottcodd, of all people? He continued staring at the curator for some while, and the more he stood and pondered the clearer it became to him that the question he had been asked was, to say the very least, uncomfortably pertinent.
The little man in front of him had asked a simple and forthright question. it had been rather a poser. He took a couple of shambling steps towards Mr Rottcodd, and then, forcing his hands into his trouser pockets, turned round very slowly on one heel.
'Ah,' he said at last, 'I see what you mean, Rottcodd - I see what you mean.'
Rottcodd was longing to get back to his hammock and enjoy the luxury of being quite alone again, but his eye travelled even more speedily to the visitor's face when he heard the remark. Mr Flay had said he saw what Roddcodd had meant. Had he really? Very interesting. What, by the way, had he meant? What precisely was it that Mr Flay had seen? He flecked an imaginary speck of dust from the gilded head of a dryad.
'You are interested in the birth below?' he inquired.
Flay stood for a while as though he had heard nothing, but after a few minutes it became obvious he was thunderstruck. 'Interested!' he cried in a deep, husky voice. 'Interested! The child is a Groan. An authentic male Groan. Challenge to Change! No Change, Rottcodd. No Change!'
'Ah,' said Rottcodd. 'I see your point, Mr Flay. But his lordship was not dying?'
'No,' said Mr Flay, 'he was not dying, but teeth lengthen!' and he strode to the wooden shutters with long, slow heron-like paces, and the dust rose behind him.
(-- Mervyn Peake, "Titus Groan, ch.1: The Hall of the Bright Carvings")

This is the draft for the "The Hall of The Bright Carvings" - I only completed 7 coloured pages but I'd roughly drafted the whole first chapter...I'm not sure when I'll get time to develop more finished pages, so I'm posting the plan in it's entirety.