| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 169 | To be View more quotes about sure">sure, there might be a lever or some such device outside which was unknown to me which would have put the task within even my strength, unaided. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 166 | I had tried the bars some days ago, to lift them even an inch or so, before they would strike the bolt, or locking device, but had been unable to do so. |
| 9 | 167 | The beast, that with six legs, had lifted them with its snout some three or four inches before they had struck the bolt or locking device. |
| 9 | 168 | The strength of two women, combined, did not seem to me likely to be able to accomplish the task, or, at any rate, as smoothly as it had been done. |
| 9 | 169 | To be sure, there might be a lever or some such device outside which was unknown to me which would have put the task within even my strength, unaided. |
| 9 | 170 | Perhaps, too, there was some way in which weights could be engaged from the outside, by means of which the task could be easily accomplished. |
| 9 | 171 | One would not then need the strength of a man, or of the titanic beast I had seen. |
| 9 | 172 | But I had not heard the use of such a lever, or the specific engagement of such weights. |