- When Bridget arrives she can see the old man is okay—he's fallen, but it isn't serious.
- She sends Merle home for some magic tea and Bridget brews him up a pot. The old man drinks it and, naturally, it works like a charm.
- He thanks her and introduces himself as Eric Carlsson. Bridget recognizes his name instantly; he was a famous artist.
- Meanwhile, Merle takes a look around and spots a huge painting. Around it are all kinds of supplies and sketch books. She points it out to her mother and both women are drawn to it—they've never seen anything like it before.
- Bridget remembers Eric Carlsson well. He was probably the most famous painter of the 19th century. He started out doing sketches in the streets, but later he got rich painting charming everyday type scenes—think: families, holiday celebrations, summer dances.
- But the painting that is standing in front of them is something else all together, and it looks like it comes from another time and another place.
- It's big and the people in it are more than life-size, plus it's showing some kind of horrible ritual. Well, actually the moment before this ritual takes place.
- The building in the background looks just like Eric's house. There are countless figures in the painting: women dancing, musicians playing horns, warriors with spears.
- In the center of the painting is a priest who is blind in one eye and holding a hammer.
- A man wearing a crown—a king—is there, too, naked and lying on a table.
- Then there's a man with a red robe. And he's holding a long, curved knife. The executioner.
- Things are not looking so good for that king.