The holes must be made on each side.

There is no turning the saw." It took them an hour and a half of hard work before the last cut was completed and the panel fell forward.
"You go in first, Paolo.

I will follow you, and will wedge the panel into its place again with some of the chips that the auger has cut out.
No one has passed since we began, and if anyone did come along before morning he would not be likely to notice that the panel was gone.

Still it is as well to avoid all risk." As soon as the panel was replaced they mounted the stairs.

Before beginning they had seen that there were no lights in any of the windows, and feeling sure that the house was deserted they groped their way upstairs without hesitation until they reached the attics in the sloping roof.