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Herflashlightstabbedthroughthedarkness。Narrowstairsimmediatelyinfrontofherledupward；atherrightwasaconnectingdoortothesecondhandshop。Withoutaninstant’shesitationsheranupthestairs。Therewasnoneedtoobservecautionsincetheplacewastemporarilyuntenanted；therewasneedonlyofhaste。Sheopenedthedoorattheheadofthestairs，and，withaquick，eagernodofsatisfaction，astheflashlightswepttheinterior，steppedoverthethreshold。Itwastheroomshesought-oldLuertz’sbedroom。
Andnowtheflashlightplayedinquisitivelyabouther。Thebedoccupiedapositionbythewindow；acrossonecorneroftheroomwasacretonnehanging，thatevidentlydidserviceasawardrobe；
acrossanothercornerwasalargeanddilapidatedwashstand；therewereafewchairs，andathreadbarecarpet；and，oppositethebed，anotherdoor，closed，whichobviouslyledintothefrontroom。
RhodaGraysteppedtothisdoor，openedit，andpeeredin。Shewasnotconcernedthatitwasevidentlyusedforkitchen，dining-roomandthestowageofeverythingthatoverflowedfromthebedroom；shewasconcernedonlywiththefactthatitofferednoavenuethroughwhichanyaddedriskordangermightreachher。Sheclosedthedoorasshehadfoundit，andgaveherattentionnowtothewallsofoldLuertz’sbedroom。
Shesmiledalittlewhimsically。TheCrabhadusedasomewhatdignifiedtermwhenhehadreferredto“panels。“True，the，wallswereofstainedwood，butthewoodwasofthecheapestvarietyofmatchedboards，andthestainwasofbutasinglecoat，andaverymeageroneatthat！Thesmilefaded。Therewereagoodmanyknots；
andtherewerefourcornerstotheroom，andthereforeeightboards，eachoneofwhichwouldanswertothedescriptionofbeingthe“sixthpanel。“
Shewenttothecornernearesther，anddroppeddownonherknees。
Aswellstartwiththisone！ShehadnotdaredpressDanglar，orDanglar’sdeformedbrother，formoredefinitedirections，hadshe？
Shecountedtheboardsquicklyfromthecornertoherright；andthen，theflashlightplayingsteadily，shebegantopressfirstoneknotafteranother，intheboardbeforeher，workingfromthebottomup。Thereweremanyknots；shewentovereachonewithinfinitecare。Therewasnoresult。
Sheturnedthentothesixthboardfromthecornertoherleft。Theresultwasthesame。Shestoodup，herbrowspuckered，asenseofanxiousimpatiencecreepinguponher。Shehadbeenquiteawhileovereventhesetwoboards，anditmightbeanyoneoftheremainingsix！
Hereyestraversedtheroom，followingtherayoftheflashlight。
Ifsheonlyknewwhichone，itwould-Wasitaninspiration？Hereyeshadfixedonthecretonnehangingacrossoneofthefarcornersfromthedoor，andshemovedtowarditnowquickly。Thehangingmightverywellserveforanotherpurposethanthatofmerelyawardrobe！Itseemedsuddenlytobethemostlikelyofthefourcornersbecauseitwasingeniouslyconcealed。
Shepartedthehanging。Aheterogeneouscollectionofclothinghungfrompegsandnails。Eagerly，hastilynow，shebrushedtheseaside，and，closetothewall，droppeddownonherkneesagain。Theminutespassed。Twiceshewentoverthesixthboardfromthecornertoherright。Shefeltsosurenowthatitwasthiscorner。
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