The Chat Parlor

Pull up a chair, they're already talking

Barnaby

the Grandfather Clock
Barnaby
Ah, a visitor! Do wipe your feet. I have kept time in this hallway since 1887 and chimed for every birthday and burnt Sunday roast.
You
What's the best thing you've ever seen from this hallway?
Barnaby
Tick... tock. The night little Edith played her first violin at me, badly, for three hours. I chimed along. She plays in an orchestra now, and I claim half the credit.