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| 8 | 367 | I had not View more quotes about really">really expected the gate to open, but I had thought I might be able to lift it a little, assuming some counterweights were engaged, at least an inch or so, until it was stopped by some device, say, some lock, or bolt or holding bar. |
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| 8 | 364 | I seized one of the crosspieces with both hands. |
| 8 | 365 | I tried to lift the gate. |
| 8 | 366 | I could not begin to do so. |
| 8 | 367 | I had not really expected the gate to open, but I had thought I might be able to lift it a little, assuming some counterweights were engaged, at least an inch or so, until it was stopped by some device, say, some lock, or bolt or holding bar. |
| 8 | 368 | But I could not move it, even an inch. |
| 8 | 369 | If there were counterweights engaged then more than my strength was needed to activate them. |
| 8 | 370 | I turned about and examined the room, or cave, in which I was incarcerated. |