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Updated: May 2, 2025

There might be some kind of a fire escape on the front of the house. No harm in taking a look; it would serve to pass the time. There was the usual frontal parapet about three feet in height. Upturned in the shadow lay a gift from the gods-a battered kitchen chair, probably used to reach the clothesline in the happy days when the word "Bolshevism" was known to only a select few dark angels.

Harold MacGrath - The Drums of Jeopardy