#is this just a mistake? or am i truly supposed to be picturing gigantic square boxes big enough for a tall man to lay down inside?

[vickyvicarious]

The leiter-wagons contained great, square boxes, with handles of thick rope; these were evidently empty by the ease with which the Slovaks handled them, and by their resonance as they were roughly moved.

I love Jonathan's attention to detail and all. He's noting the activity around these boxes because they must be important in some way, and also has two reasons for supposing they must be empty.

But also, I never noticed before that the boxes are supposed to be square? Is that like a literal all-sides-are-equal square, because then they look significantly less coffin-like and it completely changes the way I'm picturing a bunch of later scenes.