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Like its prototype, the sail, it caught a lot of wind and acted in the same general manner. LIKE ITS PROTOTYPE THE SAIL IT CAUGHT A LOT OF WIND AND ACTED IN THE SAME GENERAL MANNER
n preparing my efforts, for there was none to be lost, and set out immediately to remove the carpeting from the floor. Upon examination I found that it was not attached to the ground at all, but only fastened into a wooden frame at the walls that held it tightly in place. It stretched in a circular fashion around the whole of the room and into the center until it came to the stairs that led downward, so that once removed it formed a circle about thirty feet in diameter with a three foot circular hole in its center. In case I haven't mentioned the type of the carpet yet, which I must confess that I cannot remember, I will do so here: it was not a traditional carpet, that form being apparently lost after the great wars, instead it was a silky sheet-like carpet, no more than a quarter inch thick, and in fact greatly resembling the sail of an old clipper ship, the painting on the glass that I saw earlier probably attesting to the fact that it had been designed with that appearance in mind. OPE I LOST NO TIME IN PREPARING MY EFFORTS FOR THERE WAS NONE TO BE LOST AND SET OUT IMMEDIATELY TO REMOVE THE CARPETING FROM THE FLOOR UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO GROUND AT ALL BUT ONLY FASTENED INTO A WOODEN FRAME AT THE WALLS THAT HELD IT TIGHTLY IN PLACE IT STRETCHED IN A CIRCULAR FASHION AROUND THE WHOLE OF THE ROOM AND INTO THE CENTRE UNTIL IT CAME TO THE STAIRS THAT LED DOWNWARD SO THAT ONCE REMOVED IT FORMED A CIRCLE ABOUT THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER WITH A THREE FOOT CIRCULAR HOLE IN ITS CENTRE IN CASE I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THE TYPE OF THE CARPET YET WHICH I MUST CONFESS THAT I CANNOT REMEMBER I WILL DO SO HERE IT WAS NOT A TRADITIONAL CARPET THAT FORM BEING APPARENTLY LOST AFTER THE GREAT WARS INSTEAD IT WAS A SILKY SHEET LIKE CARPET NO MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH THICK AND IN FACT GREATLY RESEMBLING THE SALE OF AN OLD CLIPPER SHIP THE PAINTING ON THE GLASS THAT I SAW EARLIER PROBABLY ATTESTING TO THE FACT THAT IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED WITH THAT APPEARANCE IN MIND
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