In the Mansion’s unused wing, there’s a staircase that links the ground floor to the first… the staircase fills most of the hallway it occupies, although it is possible to squeeze between the sides of the stairs to the space beneath.
Under the stairs, there’s a trap door… a creaky, dusty, cobweb-covered hinged door that lifts up to reveal another set of stairs.
At the bottom of these stairs, which are lit by candlelight, from candles held in dusty holders on each side of the walls, is another room, behind a large oak door.
In this room, there’s a dusty, round table in the centre, with an old wooden box on top.
This box is as dusty and cobweb covered as everything else in this area and quite difficult to open.
But inside the box is a replica of the staircase in the Mansion’s unused wing, which fills most of the box, apart from the tiniest of spaces down the sides…
Posted for Six Sentence Stories. Denise has chosen box for this week’s word. The image below links to Girlie On The Edge, Denise’s blog, if you’d like to find out more about this writing challenge.
The Mansionic Perspective 
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