location Library description "$tThree huge bookcases fill the walls of this room. The first one is filled with books on architecture, and the second is crammed with musical scores. The third one seems to contain works on various occult subjects. $iThe exit from the library is to the west. $p" --exit west to Hallway. end location. object Library_west_door name west door name west at Library description verb examine does only describe interior_door. end verb. verb 'use' does only locate hero at Hallway. end verb. end object. object bookcase1 name first bookcase name bookcases at Library description verb examine does only "Old Schlobbe certainly took his architecture very seriously. There are treatises here on the architectural styles of every time an culture you could imagine, as well as biographies of many famous architects." end verb. end object. object bookcase2 name second bookcase name bookcases at Library description verb examine does only "Next to architecture, Schlobbe's second greatest passion was classical music. All the great composers are represented here -- Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmanninoff, and many, many more." end verb. end object. object bookcase3 name third bookcase name bookcases at Library description verb examine does only "Schlobbe's interest in architecture and music was well known, but nobody seems to have suspected that he was into black magic as well. Most of the books here are written in some obscure ancient language whose alphabet you don't even recognise. The ones in English have titles that you'd rather not think about." end verb. end object. object coffee_table name low coffee table name book name books at Library description "$pThree books are open on a low table in one corner of the room." verb examine does only "One of the books on the table is a biography of the well-known architect Sir Christopher Wren. Another is titled 'Exhumation - A Hobbyists's Guide'. The remaining one is written in a strange, unfamiliar script. $iSlipped into the third book is a piece of paper with some handwriting on it." end verb. end object. object note name note name piece 'of' paper name incantation name words name meaningless jumble 'of' syllables at Library is takeable. is not read. description verb examine does only "It's a page torn out of a notebook. You can make out the words: '...and to banish the shade, illume it with the light of a candle burned low, filtered through a green gemstone, while reciting the following incantation...' The next few words seem to be a meaningless jumble of syllables." make note read. end verb. verb 'use' does only "You make your best effort at getting your mouth around the incantation." if shade here and shade is illuminated then schedule banish_shade after 0. else "Nothing seems to happen, though." end if. end verb. end object.