Opera Lorgnette
Gilded binoculars of the folding lorgnette design attached to a jointed ornamental handle, with low power lens magnification and a wide field of view. Ladies are said to prefer the "jealousy lorgnette", sometimes featuring the viewing lens discretely incorporated into a pierced brisé fan of tortoiseshell, ivory or bone, thus enabling a lady to discreetly entertain flirtations, spying upon entrants into her theatre box without ever even turning her head.
Having been convinced by some Cook or costermonger, a fruit seller named Tim Apple, Thelemy Maskelyne is almost certain that the Vision of this elegant, compact technology will prove to be a transformative audience experience of the future, a Magic Leap into an immersive dream. Importantly, Thelemy believes it is of the utmost importance that the eyes of any wearer of the lorgnettes remain visible to those gazing upon their face and features within their surroundings. The ultimate theatre, wherever you are. In the same space, a seamless blend. Be in the moment.
>>5693787>Could you teach me some magic please?QM: instead of retailing for the price of 3,499 Pentacles, Thelemy Maskelyne will exchange the Opera Lorgnettes for THREE items. They will probably make you look very fashionable and sophisticated. (Perhaps you possess an item that might lower the barter cost?)
>Exchange THREE items for the Opera Lorgnette>Exchange TWO items for, er... some intriguing erotic demonstrations of optical theatre>Push against the inquisitive throng of onlookers near the alleyway and the blocked cordon of the Constabulary.>Brandish your Magnifying Glass and Silver Constabulary Badge at the cordon, and speak to a constable guarding the sceneWhoever was murdered probably is not anyone you know.
>>5692975>>5692985>Head to another location (see destinations here)>Lady Temperance Annesley and her party, the Water Banquet>Witenagemot House>Investigate the Clock Tower>The Spittle Field, The Slums / The Rookeries, Leighton's Garret>Investigate the murdered prostitutes>Confront Bill Hooke and the Grueller knife gang(optional: apprehend Elsie, the Flower Girl)
>Find Leighton's memento >The Railyard near Wentworth Ironworks & Foundry>Meet Ezsekael Tranter, the gunsmith>Le Cenacle, private members club>Inform Lord Huntingtower and Cyril Darnay about Beatrice and the naked painting; perhaps the mere imputation will be enough to ruin her?>Find an antiquarian who might know the history of the Odalisque and the Vermillion City (QM: but who?)>Something else? 