Bump in the Night

We, that is mostly not I,  heard a muffled noise and a bit of a bump then a bump.  I didn't bother getting out of bed. In the morning we found  a painting laying perfectly flat face down and undamaged on the carpet.  It had fallen from above the piano. A close examination of the many delicate items showed not a single disturbance of any one of them, including numerous beaded porcelain dolls not to mention the irreplaceable woven glass walking stick. These were all arrayed directly under the painting which hit the piano and careered off to the side away from said objects.  The over one hundred yar old twine gave way in the centre.  The twin to this was still hanging like Democles over the glass, which I quickly took down.  The twine has now been replaced on both paintings by some modern builders nylon leveling string. It seems quite thin compared to the flaxen rope that kept them up for a century. Nevertheless all display items have been removed until the new suspension has been proved.

Crime Scene

Tell Tale Rope 

Original

Back in place but no ornaments below