He wasn't quite sure what that meant, but a theory began to form in his head. Had this cellar stood longer than the house itself? It wasn't the most unlikely conclusion. But then, the barrels. For Pash's theory to hold weight, wouldn't they too have to be older than the house itself?
"Not necessarily," he said to himself, "that would be to dismiss the idea too readily. The ladder and the barrels… their age is similar. They've stood for a while, but not for longer than the house itself."
A cellar older than the house, yet with barrels and ladders brought in anew. Pash ruminated on such ideas and reapproached the barrels. With a candle in his hand and his gaze primed critically, he quickly saw what he previously did not.
