Trying Everything
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 23317
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Halfway up the ladder, Checkers' searching fingertips discovered a short
iron rod. (Getting out her lantern and lighting it again whilst on the
ladder had not been an option, because it would have required both hands.)
Her arm/wing was almost at full stretch, so if she was not to risk
overbalancing she would be able to apply very little force to the lever -
if that was what it was. And remembering the hail of rocks that tampering
with the rod in the "keystone" room had originally produced, would it be
wise to try to move it, even if that was possible?
She decided to climb back up to the tunnel. Then she could shift the ladder, together with the rock that held it in place, further across, so that the rod would be more easily within her reach. Having done this, before climbing back down she took her lantern out of her pouch and relit it. She hoped that, even though she knew that its light was not strong enough to show her the presumed Arsenal's floor, now that she knew what she was looking for she might be able to see the rod. Not that seeing it seemed very likely to help her, but she wanted to try everything.
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JH
1/9/2003 11:11:22 AM
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