ROBERT Bloch sat comfortably on the large medieval seat in the well lighted, ventilated and decorated castle, sipping wine from the glass tumbler placed in his left hand.

Next to him was a large table like stool, and on it was the bottle of the wine he was sipping.

The living room was indeed a spacious one, it had French windows with large curtains hanging straight from the top to the floor, a few sofas with rich decors were scattered around, and beside each of these sofas, were side tables.

The curtains were all drawn because it was night, and only the fluorescent bulbs which gave out yellow lights shone....