The Hermitage

The rich used to hire a hermit to live on their grounds. They would leave items in particular positions so they'd look like the hermit was just, he'd just gone out for a walk. I can't believe there was a theory that it might make you less melancholy to go and rearrange the furniture in your fake hermit's house. It sounds like I would walk out of that house and commit to a side immediately. What's my life, TikTok?