text: [Themes: Fantasy, fantasy, culinary theme, strong NPCs, physical simulation]
  
  > Look around
  The ransackers of the cellar seem not to have reached this room, however: many of the bottles sit intact on their shelves (if anyone cared to sample them).
  
  An open blue door leads west.
  
  A closed blue door leads south; it looks oddly streaked.
  
  In one corner is a massive wine barrel.
  
  > open the south door
  You open the blue door leading south.
  
  > Go west
  Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals.
  
  An open blue door leads east.
  
  A closed blue door leads southwest.
  
  An open blue door leads southeast.
  
  An open black door leads south.
  
  > go south
  With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of dust from gathering here too, however.
  
  A closed blue door leads east.
  
  An open black door leads north.
  
  An open black door leads south.
  
  A closed black door leads west.
  
  > go south
  Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar properly supplied during her life.
  
  An open black door leads north.
  
  An open blue door leads east.
  
  A closed blue door leads west.
  
  > open the dark wooden box
  You open the dark wooden box, revealing an mirror inset inside the box, a pearl necklace and an old letter.
  
  > Go east
  Thanks to the insistence of the Count, this portion of the wine cellar was cleared out for the storage of fine cheeses; instead of bottle racks there are shelves for storage.
  
  An open blue door leads west.
  
  There is a tiny hole in the north wall, through which one might view the room beyond.
  
  One corner of the room is occupied by a heavy chest.
  
  A silver key sits here.
  
  You can also see a green glass jar (which is closed) (in which are two food items (a goat cheese and a great deal of olive oil)) here.
  
  > Open chest
  You open the heavy chest, revealing two food items (a salers and a wedge of brie).
  
  > take all
  blue door leading west: That's fixed in place.
  chink in wall: That's fixed in place.
  heavy chest: That's fixed in place.
  silver key: (putting the blue glass jar into the sack to make room) Taken.
  green glass jar: (putting the iron key into the sack to make room) Taken.
  salers: (putting the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  wedge of brie: (putting the documents into the sack to make room) Taken.
  
  In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity thinly-sliced venison. Or perhaps dark squares of prepared chocolate.
  
  > look at the silver
  (the silver key)
  A key of silver metal, with a reddish string tied to it.
  
  > examine the salers
  An aged, creamy yellowish cheese with an uneven grey-brown rind. It has a sharp and distinctive flavor, though it does not fall under the category of stinky cheeses.
  
  > examine the brie
  Oozing and ripe, somehow. You would expect it to be thoroughly ruined by now -- this is not a cheese that should age -- but the Count's powers were diverse, and extended to careful protections of his possessions.
  
  > look at the green
  A green glass container with a wide mouth and a stopper.
  
  > read Recipe
  Andouillettes Recipe: andouillettes, olive oil, dry white wine,
  single yellow onion, sea-salt.
  
  > go west
  Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar properly supplied during her life.
  
  An open blue door leads east.
  
  A closed russet door leads west.
  
  An open green door leads north.
  
  > open the russet
  You open the russet door leading west.
  
  > Go west
  Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to the dining room.
  
  An open russet door leads east.
  
  There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just visible among the dust as a less-dusty area.
  
  An open grey-blue door leads north.
  
  > go north
  The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays everything.
  
  An open grey-blue door leads south.
  
  A closed red door leads east.
  
  A closed russet door leads northeast.
  
  A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth.
  
  The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the west.
  
  > unlock vault with silver
  (the silver key)
  That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
  
  > look at the silver
  (the silver key)
  A key of silver metal, with a reddish string tied to it.
  
  > unlock e with silver
  (the silver key)
  That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
  
  > unlock the red with the silver
  Which do you mean, the red door leading east, the red vault door or the red glass jar?
  
  > East
  (the silver key)
  You unlock the red door leading east.
  
  > open east
  (the red door leading east)
  You open the red door leading east.
  
  The red vault door opens.
  
  > Go north
  Thick-layered with dust, with a cool ancient air.
  
  The vault door stands invitingly open.
  
  You can also see a pine chest (which is closed) and a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) here.
  
  > get Chateauneuf
  (putting the navy cloak into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > look at it
  A grand old bottle, a fine year: you recognize the vintage and know a Duke in Paris who would give his own daughter's hand in marriage in exchange for a gift like this. Worth it? Quite possibly.
  
  In your hunger, you dream of creme caramel, elegantly centered in its pool of sweet liquid and garnished with three-- no, make it four-- fresh raspberries. Or perhaps fresh white cheese, still in the soft balls.
  
  > Open chest
  You open the pine chest, revealing four pieces of silverware (a silver-plated corkscrew, a fork, a spoon and a table knife).
  
  > take all from the chest
  silver-plated corkscrew: (putting the silver key into the sack to make room)
  Removed.
  fork: (putting the green glass jar into the sack to make room) Removed.
  spoon: (putting the salers into the sack to make room)
  Removed.
  table knife: (putting the wedge of brie into the sack to make room) Removed.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  four pieces of silverware:
  a table knife
  a spoon
  a fork
  a silver-plated corkscrew
  a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed)
  a red glass jar (which is open)
  some sea-salt (which leaves the red glass jar about half full)
  a sack (which is open)
  a green glass jar (which is closed)
  two food items:
  a goat cheese
  a great deal of olive oil (which leaves some room in the green
  glass jar)
  a navy cloak
  some documents
  a blue glass jar (which is closed)
  a celestial bauble (providing blue light)
  a rug
  an Andouillettes Recipe
  a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
  a butcher knife
  a small portrait
  a jeweled pin
  a stone block
  a dark wooden box (which is open)
  an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
  a pearl necklace
  an old letter
  a sword
  a snuffbox (which is open)
  a quantity of snuff
  a white handkerchief
  a swordstick
  four books:
  Guide to Assorted Wines
  The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty)
  The Lavori d'Aracne
  On Vegetable Dyes
  three metal dishes:
  a plate
  a chocolate leaf
  a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
  a cup
  nine food items:
  a wedge of brie
  a salers
  some andouillettes
  some apples
  a bay leaf
  a sprig of parsley
  a sprig of mint
  a clove of garlic
  a single yellow onion
  two keys:
  a silver key (which opens the red door leading east)
  an iron key (which opens the russet door leading east)
  two bottles of wine:
  a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed)
  a bottle of mead (which is closed)
  a dashing hat (being worn)
  
  > put the sword in the swordstick
  (first taking the sword)
  (putting the bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape into the sack to make room) Taken.
  
  You put the sword into the swordstick.
  
  > link swordstick to the mead
  You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too dissimilar.
  
  > link the sword to the cork
  (first unlinking the sword)
  You succeed in unlinking the sword from the butcher knife.
  Bending your will, you form the link between the sword and the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
  
  > take the sword
  You draw the sword from its sheath.
  
  The bottle of Sauvignon Blanc gives up its cork at this point.
  
  > Link Blanc to Pape
  (first unlinking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc)
  You succeed in unlinking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from the sword. You wouldn't want to jeopardize such a valuable commodity, surely.
  
  to the Pope, comes the peppery red Chateauneuf du Pape..���"
  
  > Go south
  The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays everything.
  
  The vault door stands invitingly open.
  
  The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the west.
  
  A closed russet door leads northeast.
  
  An open red door leads east.
  
  An open grey-blue door leads south.
  
  > Go west
  An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine.
  
  The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the east.
  
  An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar.
  
  > Open contraption
  That's already open.
  
  > put the tripe in contraption
  (first taking the andouillettes)
  Taken.
  
  You put the andouillettes into the delicate contraption.
  
  > examine the onion
  The pale yellow skin is still tight and glossy.
  
  > put the onion in the contraption
  You frown dubiously at the onion with its skin still on. It might not be good to put it in unpeeled.
  
  > peel onion
  You peel the onion of its skin.
  
  > eat the onion
  Oh, no, no. You don't just cram yourself with whatever pathetic foodstuff lies at hand -- no one with any self-respect lives that way. What you want is a meal, prepared with some sensitivity and forethought.
  
  > put onion in the contraption
  You put the peeled onion into the delicate contraption.
  
  > put the salt in the contraption
  You put some sea-salt in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply in the red glass jar. There is still some room remaining in the delicate contraption.
  
  > open green
  Opening a container of olive oil while it is in the sack seems like an invitation to disaster.
  
  > take the green
  (putting the red glass jar into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > open green
  You open the green glass jar.
  
  > open it
  That's already open.
  
  > put the oil in the contraption
  You put some olive oil in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply in the green glass jar. There is still some room remaining in the delicate contraption. The olive oil mixes with what was already there.
  
  > examine Recipe
  Which do you mean, the Chocolate Recipe or the Andouillettes Recipe?
  
  > take Recipe from the spindle
  (putting the silver-plated corkscrew into the sack to make room)
  It takes a bit of wiggling to get the cylinder to come free, but you extricate it without too much difficulty.
  
  In your hunger, you hallucinate onion soup, with its crust of baked cheese. Or perhaps purple-black Hellene olives.
  
  > pull the sword
  (putting the fork into the sack to make room)
  You draw the sword from its sheath.
  
  > put Andouillettes Recipe on the spindle
  The bottle of Sauvignon Blanc gives up its cork at this point.
  
  (first taking the Andouillettes Recipe)
  (putting the spoon into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  The cylinder slips into place with a satisfying click, as though some mechanism has engaged.
  
  > put Blanc in the contraption
  (first taking the delicate contraption)
  It is both too large and too delicate to remove.
  
  (taking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc)
  (putting the table knife into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  You put some Sauvignon Blanc in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply in the blue bottle. There is still some room remaining in the delicate contraption. The Sauvignon Blanc mixes with what was already there.
  
  > Close contraptio
  You close the delicate contraption.
  
  > turn it on
  The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the cylinder, which rotates steadily. An irritable mechanical voice shouts from within, "I shall be requiring the plate on which to put this item!"
  
  > put the plate in the contraption
  (first taking the plate)
  (putting the onion skin into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  You put the plate into the delicate contraption.
  
  > turn it on
  The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the contraption comes a sound of chopping, and then a hot sizzle. The unmistakeable smell of frying onions rises to greet you from inside the contraption's box.
  
  A moment later, there is some additional sloshing, and slowly the smell becomes more complex, redolent of wine and meat. There is a puff of steam around the edges of the lid, and then the mechanism's parts come discreetly to rest.
  
  > Open contraption
  You open the contraption, revealing a plate, on top of which are two food items (some cooked andouillettes and a chocolate leaf).
  
  > examine andouillettes
  Which do you mean, the cooked andouillettes or the Andouillettes Recipe?
  
  > Cooked
  Marvellous: the sausage is sliced and cooked perfectly in wine and olive oil, seasoned with salt, and accompanied by savory fried onions. The pieces of sausage are arranged loosely into a leaf shape, which is perhaps as much as one should expect.
  
  > eat them
  (first taking the cooked andouillettes)
  You really ought to eat these in the appropriate surroundings.
  
  > go north
  A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard.
  
  In your hunger, you dream of poached turbot on a platter. Or perhaps creme caramel.
  
  > link the cork to Tea
  Bending your will, you form the link between the cork and the Tea Recipe.
  
  > Reverse link cork to Tea
  Bending your will and all your attention, you manage to make a reverse-link between the cork and the Tea Recipe, feeling their properties begin to merge together.
  
  The Tea Recipe bobs to the surface of the water.
  
  > take Tea
  (putting the green glass jar into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > go south
  A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length of the room.
  
  To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep.
  
  On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate contraption (in which is a plate (on which is a chocolate leaf)).
  
  > put Chocolate in green
  You put the Chocolate Recipe into the green glass jar.
  
  > put the leaf in the green
  (first taking the bay leaf)
  (putting the Chocolate Recipe into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  You put the bay leaf into the green glass jar.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  some cooked andouillettes
  a blue bottle
  a sword
  a cork
  a sack (which is open)
  a green glass jar (which is open)
  a goat cheese
  four pieces of silverware:
  a table knife
  a spoon
  a fork
  a silver-plated corkscrew
  a red glass jar (which is open but empty)
  a navy cloak
  some documents
  a blue glass jar (which is closed)
  a celestial bauble (providing blue light)
  a rug
  a round metal tin (which is open but empty)
  a butcher knife
  a small portrait
  a jeweled pin
  a stone block
  a dark wooden box (which is open)
  an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
  a pearl necklace
  an old letter
  a snuffbox (which is open)
  a quantity of snuff
  a white handkerchief
  a swordstick
  four books:
  Guide to Assorted Wines
  The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty)
  The Lavori d'Aracne
  On Vegetable Dyes
  two metal dishes:
  a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty)
  a cup
  two keys:
  a silver key (which opens the red door leading west)
  an iron key (which opens the russet door leading east)
  eight food items:
  an onion skin
  a wedge of brie
  a salers
  some apples
  a bay leaf
  a sprig of parsley
  a sprig of mint
  a clove of garlic
  two bottles of wine:
  a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed)
  a bottle of mead (which is closed)
  a dashing hat (being worn)
  two recipe cylinders:
  a Tea Recipe
  a Chocolate Recipe
  
  > go west
  A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length of the room.
  
  To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants sleep.
  
  On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate contraption (in which is a plate (on which is a chocolate leaf)).
  
  > take the plate
  (putting the Chocolate Recipe into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > Chocolate
  (putting the Tea Recipe into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > put the chocolate leaf in the jar
  Which do you mean, the green glass jar, the red glass jar or the blue glass jar?
  
  > Green
  You put the chocolate leaf into the green glass jar.
  
  > examine the chocolate leaf
  A dark chocolate confection, formed into the shape of a leaf.
  
  > link the chocolate leaf to the roses
  (the roses)
  You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little too different. Maybe if they looked more alike.
  
  In your hunger, you hallucinate a heavy Christmas-time cake with candied fruit and smothered in brandy, such as Englishmen sometimes bring with them to Paris. And you have always considered them an abomination heretofore.
  
  > open blue
  Which do you mean, a blue bottle or the blue glass jar?
  
  > Bottle
  (the bottle of mead)
  Opening a container of mead while it is in the sack seems like an invitation to disaster.
  
  > take bauble
  (putting the cork into the sack to make room)
  Taken.
  
  > put it in the green
  You put the celestial bauble into the green glass jar.
  
  > link the chocolate leaf to the roses
  (the roses)
  You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little too different. Maybe if they looked more alike.
  
  > Go upwards
  Staircase, First Floor
  The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving rooms.
  
  North is the old conservatory.
  
  In your hunger, you hallucinate the small, bitter oranges of Jerusalem.
  
  > look at the roses
  Ivory and powder-blue, with a tracery of blush roses.
  
  > take the gilt
  (the gilt-wood mirror)
  Too heavy for you to remove.
  
  > examine the floorboards
  Long slender boards of fine wood.
  
  > read Lavori
  (first taking The Lavori d'Aracne)
  
  Taken.
  
  On the subject of mirrors: Unusual and costly mirrors of special
  power exist which enhance the workings of the lavori d'Aracne; they may be recognized by their failure to reflect in the ordinary way. Some make it easier to form a link through the mirror than through open air, allowing the magician to reverse-link items that are otherwise too dissimilar to use. Likewise, such a mirror...
  
  But then, unfortunately, it breaks off, the page apparently having been chewed out and carried away by something or other.
  
  > drop the leaf
  (the chocolate leaf)
  Dropped.