"And you have no key to that door?" I repeated.
"No. I have no key."
"Who has the key?"
"The owner of the house."
"But I own it."
"Yes, you are the master; but I mean the one who owns it all the time."
"So, the various masters do not really buy the place?"
"They buy it, but they come and go."
"But the owner keeps on selling it and owning it?"
"Yes."