While she was doing this the wood partition in the centre of the house thrilled to its centre with the tugging of a bell-pull upstairs. A bell below tinkled a note that was feebler in sound than the twanging of wires and cranks that had produced it.
a device for signalling a bell by remote via wires and pulleys
الواصلة
a de·vice for sig·nal·ling a Bell by re·mote vi·a wires and pulleys