It's like a grandfather clock on a grander scale, Mr. Bezos said.

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Settled in his chambers around the corner from Turin's courts of justice, with a stately grandfather clock ticking in the background, Mr Grande Stevens appears every bit the establishment toff.

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Check in: It's hard to shake the Agatha Christie vibe at the windswept inn, what with the grandfather clock ominously stopped at 4:20, a house dog named Winston, and a Friday-night wine and cheese party where you meet the other suspects, ahem, guests.

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