The Room in the Attic

In the smallest of the top-floor attic rooms, where the air is stale with neglect, the carcass of an old fitted wardrobe hangs off the wall. This has become like some strange, badly lit version of an old TV game show. They have to apply for this authorization from a judge or a senior police officer, demonstrating sufficient grounds to justify such a method of investigation.” He sounds like he’s reading from a manual, something recently memorized as part of his training. The hidden room was fully dismantled in the end, all of it carted away by the police for further examination.