text: > Go downwards
  On the long Table is a Perpetuum Mobile.
  
  The Priest sits on his mat, eyes downturned in submission.
  
  The Priest, noticing the dented Box in your hand, shies away from you. Yet he says nothing.
  
  > show Box to Priest
  The Priest treats your act as an accusation, and quails. [Author's Note: The box? It contains naught but Spices! Here, I have the key...] Reaching into his Robes, he withdraws a small silver Key, which he hurriedly places before you.
  
  > look at Box
  Battered, dented, the stoic and iron Resistor of an attack on its contents. A small Lock secures it.
  
  > chop Door with Axe
  You hack at the door with your axe. Although sturdily built, it is no match for your strength. Slowly, the splinters of wood give way to cracking slabs of the wood, and with a final series of blows you are afforded entry.
  
  > go to the east
  Though the Baron never took a wife, 'tis said his Bed was not a night empty. This sinful bed stands before you now, as does the Baron's dresser & Looking-Glass. The door to the west is smashed, the door to the east closed, & a most curious Trap-Door is set into the ground near the bed.
  
  You can see a copper key here.
  
  > examine the copper key
  A copper key with eight small teeth.
  
  > look aLooking-Glass
  The Looking-Glass is about as tall as you are. You can see yourself in its depths.
  
  > get all
  copper key: Your hands are full.
  trap door: That is hardly portable.
  oaken door to the east: That is hardly portable.
  oaken door to the west: That is hardly portable.
  Looking-Glass: That is hardly portable.
  Bed: That is hardly portable.
  
  > chop the trap with Axe
  It is of stone.
  
  > chop the east door with Axe
  You hack at the door with your axe. Although sturdily built, it is no match for your strength. Slowly, the splinters of wood give way to cracking slabs of the wood, and with a final series of blows you are afforded entry.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a fine Axe
  a dented Box (which is closed)
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & open)
  a vellum Scroll
  
  > Axe
  dented Box: Dropped.
  fine Axe: Dropped.
  
  > Go south
  You can see a fine Axe & a dented Box (which is closed) here.
  
  > Axe
  dented Box: Taken.
  fine Axe: Taken.
  
  > go west
  You can see a copper key here.
  
  > examine trap
  A stone Trap-Door set into the floor. A small golden Lock is fashioned into it.
  
  > go to the west
  The cruel Baron lies at your feet.
  
  > Go east
  You can see a copper key & a fine Axe here.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a golden key
  a holy symbol (glowing with a sacred light & being worn)
  a suit of Chain-Mail (being worn)
  a leather sheath (being worn)
  a sacred blade
  a wooden Scroll-Case (being worn & open)
  a vellum Scroll
  
  > get Key
  (the copper key)
  Taken.
  
  > go to the east
  You can see a wooden Lance here.
  
  > go west
  You can see a fine Axe here.
  
  > Go northwest
  A small opening in the Stone leads southeast.
  
  On the Shelf is an Hour-Glass.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  > examinHour-Glass
  A large & heavy Hour-Glass, containing fine Sand of a reddish Shade. Metal sliding Flaps on the upper & lower Surfaces, controlled by Levers, are used for replenishing the sand. Both flaps lie closed.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Glass of the heavy Timepiece before you seems briefly to ripple, as though 't'were a Wave upon the shore.
  
  > open the upper flap
  A Shock goes through your Hand as you touch the upper Flap. Recoiling, you nurse your injured Hand until life returns.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  > go northwest
  You can see a fine Axe here.
  
  A small opening in the Stone leads northwest.
  
  A small opening in the Stone leads southeast.
  
  On the Shelf is an Hour-Glass.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass begins to shake.
  
  > examine the upper flap
  A sliding metal Flap, covering a Hole in the top of the Hour-Glass.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass is shaking most violently, and now begins to slowly rock about.
  
  > look at Shelf
  An Outcropping, a small Shelf of rock protruding from the wall.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass is shaking most violently, and now rocks about its Axis.
  
  > examine Sand
  To which do you refer, the Sand in the top half of the Hour-Glass or the Sand in the bottom half of the Hour-Glass?
  
  > examine Sand in the top
  A contained Cone of fine Sand, red in Colour. Perhaps four measures.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass is shaking most violently, and now rocks about its Axis.
  
  > examine Sand in the bottom
  A contained Cone of fine Sand, red in Colour. Perhaps two hundred measures.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass is shaking most violently, and now rocks about its Axis.
  
  > examine top Sand
  A contained Cone of fine Sand, red in Colour. Perhaps two measures.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  The Hour-Glass wobbles most violently as the last of the Sand begins to leak out of its top.
  
  > look at top Sand
  A contained Cone of fine Sand, red in Colour. About a measure.
  
  A trickle of sand falls through the Hour-Glass.
  
  > Go southwest
  On the long Table is a Perpetuum Mobile (which acts as a Water-Fall).
  
  O foul Hypocrite! O whited Sepulchure! In the midst of his debauchery the Baron does see fit to erect himself a Chapel of the faith! Mayhap he thought to take sanctuary here at your approach. 'Tis more likely the lighted Candles & marble Altar did bear witness to blasphemous & terrible Rites in the Baron's lifetime.
  
  A stair in the corner leads down into darkness, an archway northeast. A solid oaken Door prevents your passage east.
  
  > chop Door with Axe
  You hack at the door with your Axe. Tho' sturdily built, it cannot stand under your strength. Slowly, the splinters of Wood give way to cracking Slabs, and with a final series of Blows you are afforded entry.