Library in Victorian mansion, evening, bookshelves along left and right walls, long rectangular reading table with green baize top and brass lamps and a few scattered books in center of room, two wing chairs with oxblood-colored leather upholstery and small round occasional table in far left corner, rattan peacock chair and potted palm and large antique globe in far right corner, pictures and statuettes and miscellaneous bric-a-brac throughout, tall curtained neo-Gothic windows with view of night sky on far wall