a_spacious_room_with_a_hole_in_the_floor andru235 "A ladder led down into the shadows. Outside, leaves shook in the wind. They didn't like the look of that hole in the floor. " ``Too dark down there!`` they cried. ``Who knows what's at the bottom.`` They looked at me again. " ``Probably a room of some kind,`` I volunteered quickly.* ``But you know what I say about appearances.`` It would have been a relief to get outside for a while. "They wanted to know if they had been here before ... how could I answer that?" --not "c.m." * a delightful response, if I do say so myself! 051216 what's it to you? who go blather from