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divided the house into two parts. Each part contains two rooms: there was a living room, a dining room, a bedroom and a toilet. Furniture and household items were made of ice. In one of the rooms there were two mirrors, a dressing table, some candlesticks, a large bed, a chair and a fireplace with
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made of ice. Two mortars and six six-pound ice cannons were posted near the entrance. They survived the attempt to fire them with four ounces of powder without damage.
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