The revealed room was dark and contained the remains of three wooden tubs with matching washing boards. A few buckets, brooms, dirty rags, and other ruined housekeeping item lay on old oak tables and shelves. A rusted iron cauldron hung from a hook over a dusty unlit fireplace. To the east, a stairway lead up to the second floor.
Outside, Lionel was now more certain that he saw movement behind the cracks in the shutters on the second floor. No alarm was sounded, but through the floorboards in the lower room could be heard the sound of furniture being dragged about above.