dorr ducks while descending the steep, narrow stair in order to avoid an overhead beam. he is followed by mrs. munson.
a pull back shows that the cat is in fact back in the basement.
we hear the whine of the drill faintly here, all but covered by the sound of the chamber music on the boom box.
pancake is taking the boom box off the table to clear some space.
pancake sets down the two electrical leads and picks up a hammer.
the men all sit around the card table, lit from below by an oil lamp. the general is neatly packing the stacks of banknotes into the sackbutt case.
gawain is tramping down the stairs.
the professor clomps down the cellar stairs. pancake is loading their digging implements into a satchel.
the professor and lump, responding to the noise, look slowly up toward the ceiling.