dges, 
	moldings and cornices; the phantoms of decaying Victorian wealth 
	floating like disembodied ghosts in the darkness.
	
	It is May 6, 1924 The harsh flare of a match being struck
	
	A shadowy male figure lights a series of nine candles on a birthday 
	cake. Beyond the cake we can see a bed.
	
	On the bed lies a woman in her early forties. She is ashen and sickly. 
	Dying.
	
	The shadowy male figure finishes lighting the candles, blows out the 
	match and disappears as the wom