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| 17 | 211 | He then, seemingly distraught, let the View more quotes about front">front panel fall forward again. |
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| 17 | 208 | We could see through to the drapery behind. |
| 17 | 209 | "Alas, woe!" cried the ponderous fellow, running his hands about the empty space now exposed to view. |
| 17 | 210 | "It is true! She is not here!" He got down on all fours and looked under the trunk, and then he lifted up the front panel, running his hand about under the trunk bottom, which was, say, about an inch in thickness. |
| 17 | 211 | He then, seemingly distraught, let the front panel fall forward again. |
| 17 | 212 | But even then he went again to his knees and thrust his hand about, to the floor, then between the trunk bottom and the floor. |
| 17 | 213 | The front panel, even dropped forward, was still about eighteen inches from the floor. |
| 17 | 214 | The floor could be seen clearly at all times beneath it. |