Dead Butlers, Page 7

PAGE SEVEN

Panel 1

A wide shot of the entirety of Hemingway Manor. You may be able to spot the tiny figure of Jerome standing at the front doors. He holds a paper bag in one of his arms. Even if this never becomes clear in the panels, it’s full of cleaning supplies. If this can be demonstrated in some way, all the better. If not, well.

CAPTION: This might be obvious, but let’s just get this statement out of the way.

CAPTION: Mansions are huge.

Panel 2

Pulling in slightly. Jerome becomes easier to spot, as he of course is also at the center of the panel.

CAPTION: They contain a multitude of rooms, of various uses, frequency of use, public and private.

Panel 3

Pulling in further. By now it should be clear that Jerome is in the picture. 

CAPTION: Now, the popular perception is that Jerome was in fact the only butler, the only servant who worked within the walls of Hemingway Manor.

Panel 4

A shot of an expansive dining room, long table, etc., with or without Jerome cleaning inside (same for succeeding panels), though we see the young Sonny playing (in each panel), one example of what needs cleaning, other than the obligatory dusting.

CAPTION: Dining rooms.

Panel 5

A shot of an expansive sitting room (same provisions as previous panel).

CAPTION: Sitting rooms

Panel 6

A shot of an expansive restroom (same provisions apply).

CAPTION: Restrooms.

Panel 7

A shot of an expansive guest room (same provisions apply).

CAPTION: Guest rooms.

Panel 8

A shot of an expansive kitchen (same provisions apply).

CAPTION: Kitchens.

Panel 9

Jerome walking through a hallway with cleaning supplies in hand, Sonny trailing him.

CAPTION: All this, on a regular basis, and all the more when Hemingway Manor hosts a party?

CAPTION: All this and everything else? Alone?