As Arthur and I were shutting down the water system, preliminary to our departure for points south, we had a crisis. The valve under the toilet in the attic broke. There was a flood. There was panic, as I raced out of the house to the cistern shed to shut down the water pump (and thus the pressure). Meanwhile water flowed out onto the attic floor. The carpet was soaked. It got under the bookshelves. I had to remove all of the books from one row of my bookshelves, and stack them in a dry area, and move the shelves, to get the water up from all the corners of the floor. It was a lot of work. We left a dehumidifier running (draining into the toilet) for while we were gone.