Have you dropped the box?
Does this extract from a walkthrough help (without giving away too much)?
- Spoiler:
"DAY 2:
Look. Get wallet. Open it. Get card. Leave bed. Dress.
Get all. Wear coat. South. Down. West. Open cupboard.
Pull lining (2p). Read journal. [Note the combination to the safe.]
North. Get flashlight. Open Cabinet. Get matches. Turn on flashlight.
NW. Get broom. Unlock door. Down. South. Search crates. Get box.
Read clippings. [You should know learn the following names of the
Verlac family: Mordecai, Elijah, Heinrich & Wilhelm.] Drop cardboard
box. Wipe web. Drop broom. Get key (1p). Put key on keyring. North. Up. SE.
East. East. Look at paintings."
Gelert.
P.S.; 'nite!
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An Adventurer's strength flows from the Point'n'Click Force.But beware The Dark Side my friend.Anger,rage,aggression.The dark side of the gaming Force are they.Easily they flow,quick to join you in a fight.If once you start down the dark path of RPGs, Action-Adventures or . . eek! . . Casual Games (brrr!),forever will it dominate your destiny.Consume you it will,as it did Ethel,of whom we dare not speak for fear of instant expulsion from our true faith of Point'n'Click.
I have tried back space, all the keys on the keyboard and typing every command I can think of 
Can I play the game without reading the clippings ?
