In the outskirts of the city, you find a ruined mausoleum. Its entrance is not unlike the entrance to the Catacombs of Paris: archways of stone decorated with bone and mocking skulls. The Yellow Sign is inscribed in the stone above the final archway. The narrow, cluttered passageway leads into a circular chamber with a domed ceiling. In the center of the chamber lies an egg-shaped coffin made of stone, unmarked and firmly sealed. Curious, you attempt to open the coffin. It takes all of your strength to pull the heavy lid off, and it slides to the floor with a resounding thud. Inside, you see a familiar face - a woman in a tattered dress, her countenance noble and grim.

So old seemed these relics, these vestiges of vanity and memorials of affection and piety, so battered and worn and stained...
- Ambrose Bierce, "An Inhabitant of Carcosa"