Later that night, she tried to open the window in the guest room called "The Room of All Matters", but -- as if it had not been opened for 50 years -- it was stuck shut.

The following morning, she pulled a dusty organic chemistry textbook from the book shelves -- attracted by its green and gold cover and by the secret lure of 19th century science illustrations. The pages in this never-read book had not been cut. "Could I have something with which to cut the pages in an old organic chemistry book?" she asked Brinn.