The main bedroom with its Babylonstoren bedcover and velvet-upholstered antique chair. Outside is a shower amid banana and papaya trees. There are, as always, animal mounts on the walls. “These are my children. They are not my hunting trophies. I don’t hunt. Never have. I found these in second-hand shops and I’ve given them a second life. An honourable second life.” And when asked why, Etienne simply replies. “They chase away the evil spirits and keep the ghosts at bay. They are guardians.”