text: [Themes: Zorkian, Cave crawl, old school]
  
  > Go downward
  You are in the kitchen of the white-painted Customs House. The table
  here looks as if it hasn't been used for the preparation of food in
  years. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen
  leading upward. There is a fine, modern charcoal-stove and to the
  east, the front door is closed.
  
  On the kitchen table is a small wickerwork hamper (which is closed).
  
  A joint of cured ham hangs from a hook in the ceiling.
  
  > get the ham
  You just, right up on tiptoe, succeed in dislodging the ham from its
  hook.
  
  > get the hamper
  Taken.
  
  > look at stove
  This immaculate black iron stove, just the size of the fireplace, has
  been very well cleaned and has that elusive "never used" look. It is a
  modern, de luxe charcoal stove, embellished with iron hoops and
  designs around the edge. The stove is currently closed.
  
  > open the stove
  You open the stove. There is no charcoal inside.
  
  > Search stove
  The black-iron stove is empty.
  
  > open the hamper
  Thoughtfully, someone has provided you with breakfast.
  
  In the small wickerwork hamper are some provisions - an apple, a hunk
  of cheese and a clove of garlic.
  
  > Go west
  You are in a stately and well-aged living room. There is a doorway to
  the east, leading back into the kitchen, a trophy case, and a large
  oriental rug in the center of the room.
  
  A brass lantern rests on top of the trophy case.
  
  here, just where you left it last night.
  
  > put the ham in the hamper
  You put the joint of cured ham into the small wickerwork hamper.
  
  > examine the trunk
  This little trunk (one foot by one foot by six inches) is an
  immaculate example of Duchy craftsmanship at its finest. The latch
  mechanism is so intricate that only its owner can open it. Turning out
  fine products like this is the very lifeblood of your native land.
  
  it? Surely only a wizard could have done so, and the days of the
  wizards are long gone, back even before the foundation of the Old
  Underground Empire! Unless... the rumours are true. Has magic been rediscovered here?
  
  You'd better find out, because in a world of magic no-one's going to
  want mechanisms like this any more.
  
  > open the trunk
  Expertly sliding your fingers along the sequence of hidden catches,
  you trigger the mechanism and the trunk-lid gracefully raises.
  
  In the Ambassador's trunk are a hand telescope, your formal
  credentials and a coil of light rope.
  
  > examine the credentials
  "To whom it may concern... granted plenipotentiary powers
  notwithstanding... most excellent and serene Highness..." and so on.
  The froth which covers any diplomat's life.
  
  > take all
  trophy case: That's hardly portable.
  oriental rug: That's hardly portable.
  
  > Go east
  There's a hook in the ceiling.
  
  > open the front door
  They seem to be locked.
  
  > examine the front door
  As secure as you could ever hope for.
  
  > go west
  You are in a stately and well-aged living room. There is a doorway to
  the east, leading back into the kitchen, a trophy case, and a large
  oriental rug in the center of the room.
  
  > examine the trophy case
  According to a plaque, it's a genuine early Empire trophy case, a real antique. At that time, it was fashionable to collect precious items
  and display them in one's own home, in just such a case.
  
  > open it
  As you open the old trophy case, which is so stiff it can't have been
  opened in years, something shiny falls out into your hand.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  your Ambassador's trunk (which is open)
  a hand telescope
  your formal credentials
  a coil of light rope
  a brass lantern
  a small wickerwork hamper (which is open)
  some provisions - a joint of cured ham, an apple, a hunk of cheese
  and a clove of garlic
  The Guide For Travellers To The Lower Northlands and Surrounding
  Provinces
  two ancient treasures:
  a jewelled scarab
  a jade figurine
  
  > examine the scarab
  A finely-worked filigree gold and jewelled scarab.
  
  > look under the rug
  With a great effort, the rug is moved to one side of the room,
  revealing a seamless wooden floor.
  
  Somewhat embarrassed, you move the rug back again.
  
  > go east
  You are in the kitchen of the white-painted Customs House. The table
  here looks as if it hasn't been used for the preparation of food in
  years. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen
  leading upward. There is a fine, modern charcoal-stove and to the
  east, the front door is closed.
  
  There's a hook in the ceiling.
  
  > pull the stove
  The stove budges fractionally, but is so heavy that you can hardly get
  it to move at all by hand.
  
  > tie rope to the stove
  You make a secure little knot. It is now tied to the black-iron stove.
  
  > pull the hook
  The hook's too high for you to touch, even on tiptoe.
  
  > put the rope on the hook
  on top of something else.
  
  > tie the rope to the hook
  The rope's already tied to the black-iron stove.
  
  > pull the rope
  You pull hard on the rope, and the stove budges fractionally, but the
  enormous friction of its flat base on the floor stops you from getting anywhere.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  your Ambassador's trunk (which is open)
  a hand telescope
  your formal credentials
  a brass lantern
  a small wickerwork hamper (which is open)
  some provisions - a joint of cured ham, an apple, a hunk of cheese
  and a clove of garlic
  The Guide For Travellers To The Lower Northlands and Surrounding
  Provinces
  two ancient treasures:
  a jewelled scarab
  a jade figurine
  
  > climb the rope
  You see nothing special about the joint of cured ham.
  
  But the rope leads neither up nor down.
  
  > take the rope
  You can't take the rope; it's tied to the black-iron stove.
  
  > untie the rope
  You untie the rope.
  
  > stand on the table
  That would be unhygienic. Anyway, the table is not underneath anything interesting, so no benefit would accrue.
  
  > move the table
  The kitchen table seems securely fixed in place.
  
  > drop the trunk
  Dropped.
  
  > close the trunk
  You close the clasps carefully, and the trunk seals itself.