Given 'Sure enough, there was the chest, a fine old piece, all studded with brass nails, and full to overflowing with every imaginable type of garment. ', does 'There was nothing in the large chest.' exist in a neutral realm, neither confirming nor denying the premise?
Sure enough, there was the chest, a fine old piece, all studded with brass nails, and full to overflowing with every imaginable type of garment. ###There was nothing in the large chest.