20 JUNE 2001 Wednesday - 1330
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The tré basement
Now, we have to find a way to hold this thing up whilst we go inside and explore."
"Explore?" asked Simon. "How can we explore? It's only two feet deep."
"Oh, no. It's much deeper than that. I can see in at least ten feet."
"Ten feet? Do you mean to say it's some sort of secret passage?"
"'Pears to be, yeah."
Simon was hooked. "Right. I'm game." He glanced around the room as he formed a plan. "Look, we've a few timbers about. I'll crank it up and you lodge the boards under the rim, near the top of the cabinet. That should hold it up." He waded through the rubbish and retrieved some boards and gave them to Grace. "Right. I'll crank up the cabinet again."
Simon wound up the crank and the cabinet ascended to its full height once more. "Right, now wedge that board under the ledge near the top."
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