Curiosity and all that ... well, Jazz.

The problem with this (pic below) is that that hole leads to two cavities - the roof, and the wall. Very, very easily the little bugger could have either fallen, or, more likely, jumped down the wall cavity (and having her running around in the roof was less than desirable also). Getting back up would be the problem because there aint much room in the wall cavity, so it would have involved removing walls (and kitchen cabinets) to get her out again. We won't think of how le feline may have injured herself.

It took quite some time, a lot of calling, talking, encouraging, waving smelly cat meat across the hole, and, in the end, brute force executed at just the right moment to remove her. I doubt she'll be talking to the husband for a few days , though she's already been back on top of the microwave trying to work out how to get past the newly installed barriers.