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Observations and Cold, Hard Facts
There is no place like home, especially for those of us who know what it is like not to have one.
Mr. Benedict’s house is very old. It has three floors plus a basement, each containing rambling hallways, a number of
rooms, and quite a few nooks and crannies. Many walls have been knocked down and relocated over the years.
(The first floor was, until recently, a maze, but it has since been converted into rooms.) The heating system in the house is inefficient, with the exception of the basement, which is climate-controlled. As a result, the third floor
often feels like a furnace while the first floor feels like the opposite. Nearly every available surface in the house is
covered with books. In fact, according to Sticky’s calculations, there are exactly 120,136 volumes in the house.
A number of reference books can be found on the third floor, including Greek, Latin, and Esperanto dictionaries.
Number Two’s bedroom is also on the third floor. A number of important books about narcolepsy can be found within
Mr. Benedict’s study on the second floor.
Nobody has been in the room on the opposite page in some time.
Which floor of the house is this room on?
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