Invisiclues

How do I open the panel in the ceiling?

1. "It won't budge from this side."
2. Oh well. At least you've learned that there's a room above this floor.
3. For more information on how to get to this room, refer to the next question.

I know that there's a room above the second floor, but I don't know how to get there.

1. You'll need to use the closet/elevator to get there.
2. Have you ever been on top of the closet, by walking through one of the closet doors when the elevator is one floor below?
3. If the closet moved to the second floor while you were on top of it, you'd be at the attic!
4. However, there's no way to activate the elevator controls from the top of the closet.
5. Pull one of the closet pegs and read the description very closely.
6. The closet doesn't really move until a peg is released. When it snaps back up to its angled position, the elevator is activated.
7. What you need is a sort of timing device. Something to hold down the third peg for a few turns, giving you the time get on top of the closet.
8. Examine the bucket. Carefully.
9. It's rusting through on the bottom, and therefore bound to be a bit leaky.
10. You can fill the bucket with water at "Garden, North."
11. Bring the closet down to the cellar. Then go to "Garden, North" and fill the bucket. Quickly return to the closet. Hang the bucket on the third peg. Go to the foyer, open the closet door, and walk through it. If you're on top of the closet, just wait a few turns for the closet to move upward. If you didn't end up on to of the closet you probably weren't quick enough in bringing the filled bucket to the closet. (Using the patio door is good idea.)

What the heck is a newel?

1. It's a wooden knob, mounted on the banister at the bottom or (in this case) the top of a staircase.
2. We at Infocom try to educate as well as to entertain.

What's so unusual about the newel?

1. Have you tried examining it?
2. Have you tried turning it?
3. Now try walking down the stairs.
4. Turning the newel toggles a mechanism on or off. This is the mechanism which causes the stairs to flatten when you step on them.

How do I get the velvet sack?

1. If you merely open the window, the sack will fall to the ground, damaging contents.
2. Since the top of the sack is sticking out from under the window, you can HOLD THE SACK before you OPEN THE WINDOW.