Here might lie two chambers each three feet wide by eight feet long.
Mrs.Conway's spirits rose at this discovery, and she sighed impatiently at the thought that another month must elapse before she could even commence the search.

Brooding over the matter continually, there was one point that did not escape her.

These old hiding-places were made either to conceal proscribed priests or hunted fugitives, and were constructed with the greatest care.

As she had so easily discovered the spot where a hidden room might be situated, it would be discovered with the same ease by those who were on the search for fugitives, and who would naturally be well acquainted with the positions where hiding-places would be likely to be situated.

The moment they looked into the cupboard, its shallowness would suggest to them that there must be a wide empty space behind it, and by setting to work with axes, picks, and crowbars, they would soon discover by force the secret she was trying to penetrate by stratagem.
This reflection considerably damped her hopes; but she thought that possibly from this easily-discoverable hiding-place there might be some access, much more difficult to trace, to another lying below.