loft-like

Updated: May 26, 2025

Five minutes later four forms might have been seen had anyone been on the look-out stealing quietly across the open space between Staunton Cottage and the capstan-house. Fortunately no one was on the look-out, and they reached the building undiscovered, ascended the ladder, and found themselves standing in the thick darkness which enshrouded the long loft-like apartment.

Harry Collingwood - The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific