Chapter 23

Megan and I took our time exploring the house.  Even though we were searching for a suitable place to set up the lab, it didn’t detract from the fun of exploring.

One of the first things that we discovered was a dumb waiter that led to a large room on the second floor.  Megan called it the ballroom and, since the house was old enough, it may very well have been used for that.  Shortly after, we found a butler’s elevator.   Since the house had three stories and a basement, we were certain that the elevator would get a lot of use.  Before moving on, we checked it for hidden doors like the one in my house had.  We were happy to discover none.

I checked out the basement.  It consisted of a large room and then smaller rooms that ran down a narrow hall.   Most of the rooms had concrete floors. One was a furnace room and the others were used for the utilities and for storage.  At the far end of the basement ne