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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ADVENTURE OF THE
Mummy
’sCur
se
By Skip Williams
Inspired by the story “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by

Arthur Conan Doyle.
eventuall
yr eti
redt ohisanc estr
alhallin
Cor nwall
,Bos cadwi t
h.Onc es et
t l
edinthehal l
,
theol dmanf ollowe dhisonepas si
on:Egyptian
antiquit
ies.Dur ingthefinalde cadesofhisli
fe,
SirMaxt onc ol
lec t
ednume rousEgy pti
an
artif
acts
,includings everalmummi e
s,and
penne danumbe rofmonogr aphsabouthi s
treasure
s .
Thoughhi spas sionf oranc ientEgy ptpr ove da

large l
ys olitarypur suit,SirMaxt onne v e
rtheless
forge dthr eeke ype rsonalr elationshipsdur ing
hist imeast hel ordofBos cadwi th.Thef irstwas
withDr .HaddonMar ke l
ey.Dr .Mar ke l
eyist he
corone rf ort hedi str
ictwhe r
eBos cadwi t
hs tands
andal soSi rMaxt on’spe rsonalphy sician.Mor e
impor t
ant ly,Mar ke l
e yhasapas si
onf orfrogs
andot heramphi biansands pe ndmanyhour s
wal kingandwadi ngt hrought hec ount rysi
de
surr oundi ngBos cadwi th.Bot hme nr e
gular l
y
regal eeac hot herwi tht heirrec entfi
ndsand
tri
umphsandt het wohav ebe comef astfri
ends .
6 THE ADVENTURE OF THE MUMMY’S CURSE
Se
ver
alyear
spr
iort
othi
sadvent
ure
,Sir SirMaxtonals
oagreedtoallowhisnephewto
Maxt
onmadeDr.Marke
leyt
heexec
utorfor remainDanbyScot
t,atleas
tuntilsuc
ht i
meas
hi
swil
l. theyoungerman’
scir
c umstance
shadi mprov
ed
enoughtoall
owhisreturntosoci
etyunderhi
s
Mor erec e
ntly
,SirMaxt onbe camemi ldl
y ownname .
enamor edofane quall
ye ccent ri
cne ighbor,
Mr s.LeonaHol l
ingbury,as ome whaty oung AfterSirMaxt onhads hift
e dsomeoft hee ff
ort
widowwhodabbl esinspi r
itual i
s m andt he requir
e dtomai ntainhi shomeandc ollecti
ont o
psychicartsandwhoi satonc ef ascinat e
dand hisnephe w,hebe ganwr it
inge venmor e
horrif
iedbySi rMaxton’spr eoc cupat ionwith monogr aphsandbe c amei nte
r e
stedi n
long-deadEgy pt
ians.Ne verthe l
ess,thet wo popularizi
ngEgy pt i
ans tudies.Tot hate nd,he
havee nteredanextende dcour tship,obl ivi
ous invi
teds ever
alnei ghbor sandf el
lowant i
quar i
ans
tothes candal
ousdiffe
re ncei nthe i
rageand toapr ivat
electureatBos cadwithdur ingwhi ch
me ans. heintende dtounwr apamummy .Ne edlessto
say,Mr s.Holli
ngbur yar guedagai nstthepl an.
Ev enmor er ec ently ,SirMaxt onbe ganf eel
ing Shewar nedSi rMaxt onthatthatdi sturbingthe
thewe ightofhi sy ear s(nottome nti
ont he deadc ouldleadtohi sownde mi se.
afteref
fectsofaf e
wmi shapsanddi s e
aseshe
suffere
di nt ropi calc limes)andhede cidedt o SirMaxt onse eme dt obrus hLe ona’sobject
ions
takeonanas sistant .SirMaxt onc hoseagr and aside,andpus hahe adwi thhispl ans.Days
nephe w,y oungDar byGot shalk.Thene phe w beforethee v
e nt,howe ver,t
heol dmans uddenly
wasatl oos ee nds ,hav i
ngjustr esi
gnedhi s le
ftthec ountry( possiblytoc hasedownar are
commi s si
onasac apt ainintheBr it
ishar my , artif
act)
.SirMaxt on’sassistant,DanbySc ott,
servinginI ndi a.YoungDar by ’sres
ignation st
oodi nf ort
heol dmanatt helecture.All
cameaf teras candal ousaccus ati
onf r
om seeme dtogowe ll,untilthef i
nalwr appings
anotherof fic
e raboutt hemi sappropriati
onof aroundt hemummyf ellawayt orevealSir
fundsands uppl ies.Theac cus ati
onwas Maxt onGot shalk’sde cayingc orpse.
entirel
yt rue.Att het ime ,Darbywasa
covetousandbi g-he ade dyoungman.Af e w SirMaxt on’sfrie
nds ,Dr .Marke l
e yand
localcriminal sf oundi teasytoe nli
stthe Mr s
.Hol lingburywe r eonhandf orthe
greedyc aptain’ saidi nas er
iesofs cheme sto unwr apping,andwi t
ne sseditsdismay ingr esul
ts.
defraudt hear my . Mr s
.Hol lingburyhasr etr
eatedtohe rhome ,
determine dtobani shwhat eve rmal evolentsprit
s
Dar bywasabl et ous ehi sfami lyc onne ctions tookSirMaxt onfrom he r.Ast helocalc oroner
(includi ngGr eatUnc leMax)t oav oi dac our t
- ande xecutorofSi rMaxt on’swi l
l,Dr .Mar keley
mar tialandr esignhi sc ommi ss ion.Rat he r hasmor emundanec oncerns.Hev erymuc h
thanr e turnt oEngl andi ndi sgr ace ,Dar by wantst omakes enseofhi sfriend’sbizarrede at
h,
adopt e dthenameDanbySc ottands etouton sohel ostnot imei nwr iti
ngtohi sfor me r
ane wc are eracqui ringant iquiti est hr oughout coll
eague ,Dr.JohnWat son,foras s
istance.
thee mpi reandi mpor tingt hemi ntoBr itain.
Thoughhi sme thodsf orac qui ringhi swar e
s
seldom we recompl etelyabov e -boar d,Danby ’s THECRI
ME
custome rswe re n’tint hehabi tofas ki ng
que stionsaboutt het rinke t
st he ywe rebuy ing. Unf ort
unat el
yforSirMaxt onGot shalk,hi
s
Ev entual lyawi ser ,leane r,andmor es elf- nephe whadnotme ndedhisway s.They ears
pos sesse dDanbySc ottwasabl et oc onv ince spentine xil
easDanbySc otthadt aughthimt he
hisGr e atUnc l
eMaxt hathewoul dpr ovean valueofs elf
-res
trai
nt,buthadnotdi minished
accept ableage ntands ecretary .Thei ncide ntin they oungerman’ sgreed.Asforhisy outhful
Indiawasnotf orgot ten,butSi rMaxt onwas arrogance,thathads of
tenedi nt
ov anity.I
tdidn’t
wi l
li
ngt oi gnorei tasay outhf uli ndi sc r
e ti
on. takelongf orDanbyt oconc oc
tapl ant odefr
aud
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MUMMY’S CURSE 7
hisgr e
atunc le.Hebe ganbyc ompi li
ngat hor
ough concocti
ngat aleexplainingt hefakesand
catalogofUnc leMax’se xtensiv eandgr owing inf
eriordupl i
cat e
s.They ounge rmant oldhis
collect
ionofant i
quit
ies.Onc ehekne wwhathe unclethatt hedupl ic
ateswe r
eme rel
yami st
ake,
hadonhand,Danbyus e dhi sc onne ct
ions theresultofhi seffort
stoac qui resupe rior
throughoutt hee mpiret oac qui reinf
eriorver
sions examples .Asfort heout r
ightf akes,theywe re
ofthemos tvaluableartifactsort ohav eoutri
ght me r
e l
yitemss entalongforaut henti
cat i
on.
copiesmade .Danbyt hens oldt hegenuinearti
cles Unfortunat el
yf orbothme n,Danby ’
snor mall
y
andr eplacedt hem witht heinf eriororbogus winningway sfail
edt ope rsuadeUnc leMax,and
replaceme nts.Heke pthi sunc ledi st
ractedwit
ha theoldermanv owe dtoconduc tatop- to-bott
om
cons t
antf l
owofne wac quisitionsandwi thwri
ting auditofhi scollect
ionandt oe xaminet he
monogr aphs. provenanc eofe veryitemi nit.
Danbyde ceivedhisgr e
atunc leformor ethana Danbymi ghts ti
llhav epl acat edhi sunc l
e ,butan
de c
adebe foretheol dermanc aughthi m.Thepai r es tates erv ant,Ke nanGundr y ,whohadbe e
n
receiveds hipme ntsofant i
quitiess ev e
raltime sa wor kinghandandf istwi thDanby ,s eize dabl oc k
year,someac quir
e dbySi rMaxt onGot shalk andt ac klehangi ngf rom anov e
r he adr ailabov e
hims el
f( usual l
yv i
aletterort elegr am)butmos t thewor ks hopands truc kt heol dmani nt hebac k
camei nt hr oughDanby ’sne twor kofc ontactsin oft hehe adwi thi t
.St unne dbyt hebl ow,Si r
theant i
qui tiesindustry.Eac hl oadofge nuine Maxt onwoul dhav es lumpe dt ot hef loorbutt he
arti
factsc amewi thanynumbe rofr eplaceme nt hookont hebl oc kandt ac klec aughthi sc ollar
itemsDanbywasus i
ngt oc onc ealhi spil
fering andt heol dmanhungt he ref oramome nt ,st i
ll
from thec ol l
ecti
on.I nthenor malc ourseofaf fai
rs onhi sf eet,buthe ldmor eorl essupr ightbyt he
atBos cadwi th,Danbywoul dr eceiv eeach hook.Danbyqui cklyor de r edhi she nc hmant o
shipme nti nt heestate’
swor kshop,ov erseeits fi
ni shof ftheol de rman,andGundr yc ompl ie d.
unpac king,andpr esentt her esultst oUncle Hes tr
angl edSi rMaxt onwi thas tripofknot ted
Maxt on. clot h( at rickDanbyl ear ne di nI ndi a) ,the nwi th
hishandswhe nt hec lot hf aile dt opr oduc e
Oneaf t
ernoonnotlongagoane ws hi
pme nt imme diat eresul t
s.I nt hee nd,Gundr ypr iedt he
arr
ived,andsome t
hingunusualhappened:Cadan cor ps eof fthehook.I nitial l
y ,Danbyt houghtt o
Rowe,as eni
orservantontheest
atewhokne wSir pas sof ft hede at hasaf at als trokeors eizur e .He
Maxtonwase agertorece
ivetheshipment,r
ushed thoughtbe tt
eroft hatpl an,howe v er ,whe nhe
toinf
ormt heoldman.Uponhe aringthenews,Sir sawt hedamaget oMax’ sne c kandhe ad.I ns te ad,
Maxtonhur ri
edtothewor ks
hop,whe r
eunpacking hede ci
de dt oc ov erupt hede ath.Heor de red
wasinpr ogr
ess. Gundr yandot heras sistantt ot akeani nt act
mummyf rom thes hipme ntandc ar e f
ul lyunwr ap
Danby ’sattempt edt odi stracthi suncl e,butt he it.Danbyc oll
ec tedmanys mal lar tifac tsfr om t he
eff
ortfailed,andt heol dmane xami ne dt he ge nui nemummyandal soc ar ef
ul lypr ese rve das
shipme ntinde tailasunpac ki
ngpr ogr essed.Whe n muc hoft heanc ientwr appi ngsashec oul d.He
henot eds everalitemst hathef oundque st
ionable, or de redt hemummy ’sde sicc atedbodygr oundup
Danbywasabl etoc onv i
nc etheol dermant hat (powde redmummyhass omev al ueasf olk
therehadbe enami stakes ome whe re,and reme dy )andhi sunc le’sbodyboundupi na
prevail
e donhi sunc letol eavet hewor kshopand mi xt ureofhous ehol dl i
ne nandt hemummy ’
sol d
enjoyhi stea.Int heme ant ime,Danbypr omis ed wr appi ngs .
thathewoul dc ons ulthisnot esandt hec ol
lection
catal
ogandde termi nee xac t
lywhatwasgoi ngon. Danby ’
splanwast or eportthathisunc lehad
Laterthate vening,DanbyandSi rMaxt onme tin suddenlydepartedf ort heMe diterranean(or
thewor kshopagai n.I ntheme antime ,Danbyhad Indi
a,he ’
snots ure)andmy s teri
ous l
yv ani
shed
beenc arefull
yde s troyingal lcor r
esponde nce whileonthet r
ip.Hei ntende dtohol dthe
regardingt hebogusar ti
facts—e xceptf oras e
tof wrappedc orpseforonl yas hor tti
mebe for
e
codedl edge r
sde tailinghi sill
-got t
engai ns—and quiet
lydisposi
ngi ts ome whe re(li
ke l
ybypas s
ing
itoffasage nuineEgy pt ianmummy ).They oung Maxt on'sbiz arrede ath.CadanRowehasbe en
man’ sbadl uckr eturne dagai n,howe ver.Me re w i
th the Gots halk f
ami lylong enou gh t
o have
day safterthede ath,ac oll
ectionofSi rMaxt on knownDar byGot shalkasaboyandDanbyf e ars
Got shalk’sneighbor sandf e l
lowEgy ptian theol dermanmi ghthav erecognize dhim.( He '
s
antiquitiesenthusias t
sgat here datBos cadwithfor right.)Da nby pli
ed Ro w ewith dr
ink unti
lthey
SirMaxt on’sbizar
r emummyunwr apping. bothgotal ittletipsy,andt henhadGundr y
(tempor aril
yr ecall
edf rom themi nef orthejob)
Danbys awt hegat heringasanoppor tunityto pusht hes erv antdownaf li
ghtofs tairs
.Sincehi s
spreadt het al
eofhi sunc le’
ss udde ntripabr oad “ accident”CadanRowehasl aininas tuporand
andpe r
hapst ohe lpe stablishs omene wc ontacts has no tspok en .Hisd au ght
er,C ordu l
a (
alsoa
tohe lphi ms ellof
fmor eofhi sunc l
e’scollecton s
i ervantont hee st
ate),haske ptac ons t
antv i
gi l
,
beforehec ouldbede claredde adandt heot her eff
ect i
velysh ielding him from further at
tacks.
heirstohi se s
tatede sce ndedonBos cadwi t
h. Danbyhasnote l
iminat edCor dulapar tl
ybe cause
(Dar byGot shalkstoodt oinhe r i
tpartofhi sMax’ s hedoe snotwantanot he rdeathont heestates o
estate,butonl yas mal lpar tandt her
ewass til
l soon a f
terS i
r Ma xton'sdeath and pa r
tlybecau se
themat t erofthedi mini shedc ollecti
ont o Gundr yisswe etonhe r.
expl ain.)Danbyt oldt hehous ehol dstaffto
pre par efort hee v ent ,declaringt hathewoul d Unknownt oDanby,Cadani sas hr
e wdmanwho,
standi nf ortheol de rman.Ont heni ghtin t
houghhehasbe enbadl yinjur
ed,hasonlybeen
que stion,Danbyor de r e
daf ews ervantstodr aga f
e i
gninghiss
tuporandhasbe e
nbi dinghi
sti
me ,
par ticularlypat he ticmummyf rom adus tycorner waiti
ngforanopportunitytotel
lsome onewho
oft hehal lands etitup.Thes ervant s
,unabl eto canhandleDanbySmi thandKe nanGundr y.
tellonemummyf rom anot her,foundSi r
Maxt on’sdi s
gui sedc or pseands etitupf or
viewi ngandunwr appi ng.Danbynot ice
dt he ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND
error ,butnots oone nought os witchthe
mummi es .Hepr oce ede dtounwr apt hemummy ,Re adi ngt henov el
usinghi sunc le’
snot est olecturet hegue st
s. ishe lpfulf orhe l
pingt heMas termi ndge tas ense
Whe nt hel astwr appi ngsf ellawayt or evealMax’soft heat mos phe res ur roundi ngBos c
adwi thand
de cay i
ngbody ,Danbywasabl etof ei
gns ome thev i
llai
n,DanbySc ott.Ear l
yc lue sint he
conv inc ings hoc k. adv ent urede alwi thDr .HaddonMar ke ley’s
autops yofSi rMaxt onGot s halk.The
Intheday saf terSi rMaxt on'sde athwasr evealed, Mas termi ndwi llfindt hatr e f
e rringtoabookof
Danbyc ons ideredanat t
emptt or est
oreasmuc h humananat omy( Gr ey’sAnat omybe ingt hemos t
oftheor iginalc ollectionhec ould;hes til
lhada famous )ishe lpfuli npr e sentingMar keley’s
cons i
derabl enumbe rofar tif
ac t
sc onc e
aledinan e vide nc e
.
abandone dmi nes haftont hee state,andt here
wer esever alartifactsc onsignedt ode alers Final ly,theMas termi nds houl dbepr epare dto
throughoutEngl andandt heCont i
ne ntthathe de cidewhathappe nswhe nr epr obate sar e
couldr e
t ri
e ve.Danby 'sgre edgott hebe tterof elimi natedi nc ombat ,e spec i
allyt her eprobat e
him,howe v er,andhede cidedt obl uffhisway Ke nanGundr y.I tisbe s ttoas sumet hatGundr y
throughanyi nves ti
gat i
on.Danbyhass etKenan andhi sfe ll
owsar eme relywounde dorf or cedto
Gundr yandaf ewot he runde rli
ngst oguar dhi s fleewhe ne l
imi nat edf rom pl ay .Tr ackingan
tre
as ures.Thi shast headde dbe nefi
tofke eping e scape dre probat ec oul dpr ov ideane ntertaini
ng
Gundr y( themanwhodi dt heac tualkilli
ng)out s idet rek.
ofsight.
Danbyal
sosoughtoutCadanRoweandsatdown
wit
htheelder
lyser
vant
,oste
ns i
blyt
o
commise
ratewit
htheoldservantov
erSi
r
THETHREATMETER
1
.Thecasebe
come smor
edif
fi
cul
t.Rol
led1
son
t
heShe
r l
ockDienowhavenoef
fect
.
2.DanbySc ot
tbec
ome ss
uspic
iousheisbeing
inv
e s
tigated.Hehir
esanumbe rofNobbler
sequal
to1/2t henumberofinve
sti
gator
sands e
ndsthem
tojoi
nKe nanGundryandtheBludge
rsatthe
mine( Scene5D).
3.Scott
’sreprobat
esbe c
omebolde
r.Addthree
Resolv
et ogeneralpoolofr
epr
obatesRe
solv
e.
4.Theni ghtwal kerreturns!Nobbl ersequalto1/2

thenumbe rofi nvest
igators,plusone ,wrap
thems elv
e sinol dbandage sandi nvade
Bos cadwith.Iftheinve s
tigatorsarepresent,the
reprobatesattac kthegroup.Ot he r
wise,they SCENE1–ANOTEFROM WATSON
attackCadanRoweandhi sdaughter,Cordula.The
oldmani sleftinat r
uec oma( t
houghSi rMaxt on’
s Thes unhangsl owanddi m ov eradampand
li
str emainshi ddeninhi sday bed,seeScene4E) . winds we ptLondononas pringaft e
rnoon.
Cor dulaiskidnappe dandhe ldprisoneratthe Indoor s,rainpat t
e ri
ngagai nstthewi ndowpane s
mine( Scene5D) mas ksmos ts oundsf rom thes t
ree t
sout s
ideand
dist
or tsthev ie w.Thec it
ybe yondy ourwi ndows
5.DanbySc ot tbe ginspr epar ingt oflee.Hebur ns s eemsc oldandghos tly.Thereismot i
onand
allre cordsr e
lat ingt oSi rMaxt on’sc oll
ection—r al pur
e pos e,butal lseemss t
range l
yhus he dand
andf orge d. bereftofv italwar mt h.I t
’sagoodaf ter
noonf or
sit
ti
ngbyt hef irewi thagoodbookandapotof
6.Thet e ns i
onl eveloft hec aser eache se pic hotte a.
propor t
ions .Rol led1 sand2sont heShe rlockDi e
nol onge rhav eanye ffect. Thingsbe ginl ookingupwhe nay oungster
appe arsoutoft hemi st,str
idingbr is
klyde spi
te
Endgame–DanbySc otttake sawagonf rom the theo v e
rlarge ma ckintosh t
ha tenvelops hi
m. He
coac hhous eatBos cadwi t
h,anddr i
v estot he mov e sdirectlyt oy ourdoorandde li
verstwo
mi ne .Onc ethe re,her ecove rsthewat erpr oof sharpknoc ks.
che stsfrom t hepoolandf l
ee sthedi s tr
ict,taking
withhi mt her e probat esstil
lpr e s
entatt hemi ne , They oungs terisKi lby;he ’
saBake rStreet
plusoneAr me dMi screant.St affatBos c
adwi t
h Irr
eg u l
ar,a nd h eb earsa note f
rom Wa ts
on.Ifit
whor emai nl oy altoSi rMaxt oni nfor mt he become sne ces sarytohav eapr ofileforKilby,use
inve sti
gat ors,whoc ange tac ar ri
ageormount s(or theWi gginspr of i
lefrom ther ulebook.
bot h)atBos cadwi t
handgi v ec hase.I fso,c onduc t
ar unni ngc ombatbe twe ent het wogr oups .Danby TheNot e:
andt heAr me dMi screanthav er i
fle
s .Ifthe
inve sti
gat orshav emor ef ir
e powe rt hanSc ott’
s Have you a few days to devote to a case?
group,t he ytryt oge toutofs i
ght( ev enjus taround I have received a letter from a
abe ndi nt her oad),andambus hthe irpur suers. colleague in Cornwall, Dr. Haddon
Markeley, that reminds me of a certain
affair Holmes and I faced in Devonshire
several years ago. When that case began,
there seemed ample reason to suspect
some supernatural horror at work (in AChallengi
ng(4)Re se
arc
hr ol
lintoWatson’
sold
the form a family curse). In the cas
e sr
evealsde
tail
saboutthecaseofSi
rCharle
s
end, however, the only unearthly Basker
vill
e’
smur der:
element at work was one man’s
cunning and greed. Theki l
lerwasRoge rBasker
vil
le,whowas
Char l
es’
sne phew,borninSouthAme ri
caand
A medical case here in London will secretl
yreturnedtoEngland,whe r
ehee ventual
ly
occupy me for the next few hours, establi
shedhims e
lfinDevonshi
r eandbe came
but I have secured for you tickets fri
endswi thSirCharle
sandhisne ighbors
.Roge r
to Cornwall. You leave from plannedt odoawaywi ththeBaskervil
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lCornwall, the late Sir Maxton
didnotbot hertoreadthemi s
sive-t here Gotshalk. As you might recall, Sir
weret oomanybi gwor ds. Maxton had always generously opened
his property to me so that I might
-Tosavetime,Shi nwellwastopurchasethe explore the streams and ponds around
part
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To the casual acquaintance, Sir
Maxton was a typical English country
squire, comfortably situated in his release), but Sir Maxton would not be
ancestral hall, and content to swayed from his course.
follow whatever leisurely pursuits
he happened to fancy. The casual Weeks passed, and I came to hope that
acquaintance would have been wrong. he had given up his plan. Alas, the
hope proved false. About a month ago
Though provided with a comfortable came an invitation to an unwrapping,
income when he came of age, Sir to be held at Boscadwith. Sir Maxton
Maxton chose to serve the Crown as promised guests refreshments, the
a diplomat. His long career took thrill of discovery, and a chance to
him to the sun-baked corners of the be present at an important scientific
Empire and back again. Somewhere inquiry. When I visited Sir Maxton to
along the way, Sir Maxton developed accept the invitation, he seemed
a passion for Egyptian antiquities, pleased. He hoped that a medical man
and he developed a broad collection might have something to say about the
of trinkets, funerary objects, and newly exposed corpse. He also
tall tales (or so I thought) to go confided that he had invited several
with them. It was, particularly in fellow antiquarians who he hoped
the final decades of his life, would gain a new appreciation for
impossible to visit Sir Maxton in ancient Egypt.
his hall (Boscadwith) without
examining some statuette, amulet, On the evening of the lecture I
or vessel that had recently come arrived early, only to find the place
into his possession. In recent in an uproar. According to Sir
years, Sir Maxton took to penning Maxton’s assistant, Danby Scott, Sir
monographs about his treasures, and Maxton had suddenly packed a bag the
we friends of his were often week before and left the hall with
treated to readings from his drafts only a few vague assurances that he
or completed works (and often would soon return in great style.
both). Scott, though unsettled, went about
his duties during the following days,
Among the items in Sir Maxton’s growing ever more impatient for his
collection of ancient objects were employer’s return. When Sir Maxton
several complete Egyptian mummies, still had not returned by the day the
so that Boscadwith became the home lecture would occur, Scott decided to
of the dead as well as the living. preside over the event himself,
It was these peculiar articles that working from Sir Maxton’s notes.
brought about Sir Maxton’s
demise—or so it seems. The unwrapping itself seemed to
proceed fairly well, even if Scott’s
When I was on a visit to Sir Maxton delivery proved somewhat fragmented
this past autumn, he confided that and halting. The plumes of dust I had
he planned one or more lectures in feared would rise from the wrappings
which he would unwrap his mummies, appeared, but much less severely than
both to reveal exactly what was I had anticipated. Indeed, the
hidden beneath the antique linen interior wrappings seemed remarkably
and to educate others about ancient clean and fresh. It was when but a
Egyptian wonders. As the man’s few thin layers of supple linen
physician, I advised against it remained to shroud the body that my
(thinking of the plumes of ancient misgivings returned. The unpleasant
dust that an unwrapping might
odor of ancient decay that had filled back of the scalp, as follows: There was
the chamber when the unwrapping began a gash or tear beginning near the left
was replaced by a more familiar scapula at about the height of the first
charnel smell (at least familiar to me Thoracic Vertebra curving left and
as a medical man) and I found my sense upward over the vertebrae and
of dread rising. At last the final terminating over the third Cervical
Axis. This wound was fairly shallow
bandages fell away to reveal not an
(only deep enough to penetrate to the
ancient, desiccated corpse, but Sir Dermis) and irregularly wide, spanning
Maxton’s own bloated corpse, limbs less than half an inch at its widest
splaying from the confining bandages point.
like a rabbit wriggling free from a
snare! There was considerable trauma to the
Occipital scalp, mostly in line with the
The sense of shock that overcame us abrasion noted above. The abrasions here
all was peculiar indeed, as all the extended down through to the papillary
guests were canny enough to recognize layer of the dermis and released
the recent dead, but only about half considerable blood, which was still
matted in the victim’s hair.
of us knew immediately who it was.
(Several gentlemen in attendance knew In addition to the wounds and fractures,
Sir Maxton only from his letters and there was generalized hypoxia through
monographs.) After a moment of pure all the tissues.
terror, Scott and I managed to clear
the room and get the servants to care I’m sure you will agree that those
for the guests while we sent forth a injuries, taken together, might indicate
call to the police. that death had occurred by
strangulation, perhaps also while being
In time, I returned to the chamber and thrown backward against a rough wall or
performed a general inspection of the other hard object.
body, which was in an advancing state
Though Sir Maxton Gotshalk’s death could
of decay. There was no rigor in the not have been quick, I found no damage
limbs, and the whole body had to the hands or fingers that might
succumbed to bloat. When the local suggest he did anything to defend
constable finally arrived, we took the himself. Did Sir Maxton stand still
corpse to my surgery, where I was able while being strangled to death? It seems
to perform a more thorough autopsy (as so. Also, how did he reappear among the
you may recall, I am the coroner for mummies stored in his own hall after
my district). There I was able to hurrying away on an unknown errand?
observe that the body had a broken
larynx and considerable para-mortem Mrs. Hollingbury, a mutual friend to Sir
Maxton and me, has suggested that Sir
bruising about the neck, extending
Maxton had awakened the dead and
from just below the Hyoid down to the suffered for it. In fact, Mrs.
supraclavicular notch on both sides. Hollingbury insisted from the moment she
heard of the plan that it would be the
Specifically, there was cracking and death of him and she spared no effort to
compression in both the Thyroid and convince him to abandon the plan (the
Cricoid cartilage, and trauma to the local wags would have it that Mrs.
tissues immediately below Hyoid bone, Hollingbury and Sir Maxton were more
but no Hyoid fracture. than friends and I confess that I agree.
Mrs. Hollingbury’s entreaties to Sir
There was also an abrasion below the Maxton seemed to come from a deep well
of affection for the older man). As a
back of the neck and damage to the
man of open mind, I have to wonder LeadA:Nopr of
e ssionalwoul dhav ewr it
tenand
if there wasn’t something to Mrs. addressedhi sownl ette r(suchat askwoul dhav e
Hollingbury’s visions of dread. beende legate dtoas er vantore mpl oyee.
Result:False :Dr .Mar ke l
eywr ot eandaddr e
s se
d
In any case, as district coroner, I thelette
r.
am obliged to conduct an inquest LeadB:Any ones eekinghe lpfrom She r
lock
into the death. At the moment, I am Holme swoul dhav es entt helettert oBake r
inclined to rule that Sir Maxton Stre
et .
Gotshalk died at the hands of an Result:False .Dr.Mar ke l
eywasr e l
yingonhi s
assailant, or assailants, unknown. rel
ationshipwi t
hWat s on.
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e rdi re
ctl
yt oWat sons ug-
the law and to the Gotshalk family. gest
ss omede gr
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’smi nd.
Result:True .Dr .Mar ke leyismy sti
fiedandc on-
In conclusion, I must humbly ask, fuse
daboutt hemur de r.
is this a problem worthy of the
famous Sherlock Holmes? Clue( f
alse):Thepe r sonwhowr otet helet
terand
thepe rs
onwhos igne di tarethes ame .
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d
obs erveinthi ss cene,theyc ani nferagreatde al theletter
.
from Dr .Mar ke ley’sdetail
e dl etter. LeadB:Abus ydoc t
orandc orone rwoul dnot
havepe nne dt hel etterhi ms elfunl esshewas
7Cl ues concerned a bo ut privacy.
Re s
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Obs ervationDi ff
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Clue( False):Thel ett
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servicepos tmar k. Re s
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car r
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er Cl ue( f
alse):Ar ight-hande dpe rsonwr otethe
toac olleague ,whoc arri
edi tt oWat sonby l
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ce)
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ttenin using ano nd escr i
p tpen a nd co mmo n ink.
London( orv er yc l
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eywr ot ethelett
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icial
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ionary av ailable.
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tten Re s
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lyus eitf ore veryle t
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all
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ed be tterpape r,pe n,andi nk.
toDr .Wat s
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iceandt he Re s
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tenwi ththes amepe nandi nk anddoe snots pende xtr
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us edinthel ette randwr i
tteni nt hes amehand. wo rkaday pu rcha sesw il
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al sandi mpl ements
suggests omeonewrotethele
tte
rinahurry
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li
ngtheautopsy
what e
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Result:Tr ue
.Dr.Markeleywrot
ethel
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tingde t
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sdescr
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fi
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me nti
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dencewhe nde tail
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Cl
ue:SirMaxtonGotshal
k'sbloat
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essugge ststhathehas
i
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atesthathemusthavebe endeadatl
eas
t correctlyde t
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se
veraldaysbef
oredi
scovery
. Result:Fal se.Ther es tofthele t
ters uggeststhat
Mar ke l
eydoe snotknowwhoorwhatc ausedthe
LeadA:Si rMaxt onGot s
halkmus thav ebeen fat
alinj uri
es.
kil
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weekbe forehisdeath. notr evealtheor de ri nwhi c
ht heyoc c
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ed,
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.SirMaxt onGot shal
kdi dnotl eave whichc oul dpr oves i
gni fi
cant.
home ;DanbySc ot
tme rel
ys aidhel ef
t . Result:Tr ue.Got shal kwass truckf rom be hi
nd
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eSi r andhe l
di mmobi lebe forehewass trangled.
MaxtonGot s
halkwashe ade donhi sfinaljourney. LeadC:Some thingors omeonei mme ns el
y
Result:False
.SirMaxt onGot shal
kdi dnotl eave str
ongmus thav ec aus edGot s
hal k’
si njuri
e s
.
home ;DanbySc ot
tme rel
ys aidhel ef
t . Result:Fal se.The rewasnote noughf or c
e
LeadC:Si rMaxt onGot s
halk'sbodyc ouldnot appliedt obre akanyofGot shalk’sbone sandhe
havebe enpreservedinanywayori twoul dnot wass trangledf orane xtendedt imeunt il
havebe guntode compos e
. asphy xiaoccur red.
Result:True.Thebodywass implywr appe dup
ands t
or edatroom tempe r
at ure.
Clue :Despiteallhisapparentagi
tat
ionandhas t
e,
thewr i
terpausedf orsev
eralmome ntsbefor
e
wr i
tingthepar agraphaboutMr s.Holl
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iberatel
y.
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somef or eknowl edgeofSi rMaxt onGot s
hal k’
s
death.
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ingbur yhadmanyr eser
va-
ti
onsaboutSi rMaxt on’shobbyandhi spl anst o
unwr apamummy .Itwass heerluc kthats hehap-
penedt ober ight.
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e ytookbe fore
writi
ngt hepar agr aphss ugge st
st hathemi ghtnot
havebe e nal toge the rf
or thcomi ngorhone s twhen
writi
ngi t.
Result:Fal se .Dr .Mar ke leypaus edandc hos ehis
wordsc areful l
ybe causehef oundt hepos sibili
ti
es SCENE2D–FOLLOWI NGLEADS
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sagi tati
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igatorshavefor
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lowingt heleadsinMar kel
ey’slet
teri
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enc e,Mar keleyhada on thetrainand q uest
ioningMa rkel
ey.A dvance
hardt i
mes ugge stingt hanl ong-de admummi es theThre atMe t
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fiedgue sts. withalllis
teds ki
llsatRank4andanaddi t
ional
skil
l,Oratory,atRank3.
Dr.Mar keleyi seagertos olvethec ase,butalso
verytiredfrom ahar dnight.Hes uggeststhat OatesfindsSi rMaxt onGot s
hal k'smur der
theinv e
stigatorssettl
eintot heirquarters,then complete l
ybaf f
ling,andhei shappyt os tepasi
de
joi
nhi mi nt heafternoonf ortea,whe rehewi ll andletDr .Mar ke l
e yhandl et hei nv e
stigati
on.He
answe ranyque st
ionsthe ymi ghthav e(he hasgrav edoubt saboutt hepar ty( puffed-up
knowsf rom Wat s
on'swi rethatt heyhav ehis amateur slookingf ort hri
llsmos tlikely).Tomake
let
ter),beforethegr oupgoe supt o matterswor se,hei sc ompl etelytake ni nbyDanby
Bos c
adwi t
h.Af teranov ernightr ailt
rip,the Smithandhi sstoryaboutSi rMaxt on'sune xpe
cte
d
investi
gatorslikelyaren'
tf eeli
nganyt oo tri
pandmy st
e r
iousr eturnasaf auxmummy .
chipper.
Thepar tycanque s
tionOat esanyti
medur ingthei
r
ItisanEas
y(2)Obs e
rv at
ionSki
llRollt
onot
e stayi
nt heCot t
elarea,thoughthebe stti
mewoul d
thatMarke
leyisr
ight-handed(f
orthose bewhi l
et aki
ngteawi thDr .Markele
y,or
groupsf
oll
owingthefalsecl
uefrom Sce
ne2)
. imme diatel
yafter
war d.Ifthecharact
e r
sdos o,
theyautomat i
call
ycanas kt heconst
ablefour
quest
ions .Byadvanc i
ngt heThreatMe ter
,they
c
anas
kfouraddi
ti
onalque
sti
ons
. dabbl esi ns pi ritual ism andi sc ons tant ly
hos tings éanc esandme ddl ingi npe opl e's
Atanyot he rt ime ,itt ake saChal lengi ng( 4)St atus li
v es.
Rollt ope rsuadeOat e she lpt hepar ty .Ifther oll ( Note :Oat esi st ur ningabl inde y e.Le onaand
succe eds ,the yc anaut omat icallyas kOat esthr ee Si rMaxt onwe r es we ethe ar ts( thoughnot
que sti
ons ,pl usonee xt raque stionf ore ach lovers).Anoppos e dPe rc ept i
onSki llRol lc an
addi t
ionals uc ce ss. revealt hatOat esi ss ome whati nde ni alabout
LeonaandSi rMaxt on.Oat e soppos ess uc hr olls
Ifthepar tywi she stoas kOat esaddi t
ional witht hre edi c e.)
que sti
ons ,adv anc et heThr e atMe te r.I naddi t
ion, -Thegue s t
satt heunwr appi ngi nc lude dMr s
.
theI nve stigat or smus tmakeanAv erage( 3) Hol lingbur y ,Dr .Mar ke le y,t hev icar sf rom
Deduc tionSki llRol l;s uc ce ssal l
owst hepar tyt o bot hc hur che si nt own,s omet eac he rsf rom
askt woaddi tionalque st i
ons ,pl usonee xtra thel oc als chool ,ands ev er alc ol l
e ge
que sti
onf ore ac haddi tionals uc cess. prof ess orsandant iquar i
ansf rom ot he r
par tsoft hec ount ry,f our te engue s tsi nal l.
Oat eswasnotpr es e
ntatt heunwr appi ng,buthas -Addi tionalpe opl eatBos c adwi tht heni ght
int
e rviewe dDr .Mar ke le yandknowst hede tailsas oft heunwr appi ngi nc lude d,DanbySc ott,
Mar ke l
e yde s cribe dt he mi nhi slett ert oWat son. SirMaxt on' sas sistant( whowass tandi ngi n
Hehast hef ollowi ngaddi tionali nf ormat i
on( or forhi se mpl oy er),t hebut ler,CadanRowe ,
whathet hi nksi si nfor mat ion)aboutt hec ase . andhi sdaught e rCor dul a( whoi sc ur r ently
Whe ns ome t hingOat e s“ knows ”isnote ntirely serv ingast hehous eke epe r),pl ust he
fac
t ual,anot ei sappe nde dt ot het e xt: hous ehol ds taff:thec ook,as c uller ymai d,a
chambe rmai d,andt wof oot man.The rear e
-Si rMaxt onGot shal kwasapl e as antand othe rs e rvant s :Agame ke epe r,agar de ne r,a
gent e elman,we lllike d–e venl ov e d–byhi s coac hman,andf ouras sist ant swhowor k
ne ighbor sands er vant s . inter change abl yfort het hr eemor es e nior
-Si rMaxt onwasge ne rousaboutal l
owi ng me n.
othe r st ous ehi spr ope rtyf orhi king,f ishing, -CadanRoweappar ent lywasqui teaf fe cted
ande ve nhunt i
ng,pr ov ide dthatt he yas ke d byhi se mpl oy e r’
sde at h( andt hee v ent s
pe rmi ss ionf irst
.Asar ul ehene v erturne d sur roundi ngi t).Thedayaf tert he
downar e que st,buthei ns ist
e donbe ing unwr appi ng,Rowegotdr unkandf e lldown
aske d.Se ve ralloc al s,inc l
udi ngDr .Mar ke l
e y, af l
ightofs tai rs.Theol dr e taine rmi ght
whohasanoddpas sionf orf rogsands uc h, ne verr e cov e r,andhes tilll iesi nhi sr oom at
hav es tandi ngi nv itati onst ous et hepr ope rty thehal l,wi thhi sdaught e rt endi ngt ohi m.
whe ne v ert he ywi sh. -Noneoft heunname ds er vant sar e
-Dr .Mar ke leyandSi rMaxt onGot shalkmade par ticular lynot e wor thys av epe rhapsf or
qui teapai r,give nt he irpas si
onsf orthings Ke nanGundr y,al abor e ront hee st ate .
thatt endt omakeot he rse i
the rt ur nupt he ir Gundr yhadawi l
dy out hands erv eda
nos e s,ors hudde r. prisons ente nc ef orne ar lybe at inganot he r
-Si rMaxt on' sc l
os e stne ighbori sawi dow.Mr s. mant ode athi nadr unke nbr awl .Si r
Le onaHol l
ingbur y ,whohasamode sthous e Maxt onke pthi m ont hee s t
at ebe c aus ehi s
aboutt womi l
esf rom Bos cadwi thands ome par ent sandgr andpar ent sal sowor ke df or
acr eaget hatadj oinsSi rMaxt on' smuc hl ar ger theGot shal ks .
prope rty .Si rMaxt onandMr s .Hol l
ingbur y -Si rMaxt on' sge ne rosit yt owar dGundr y
arec los ef riends .Loc algos siphasi tthatt he broughthi m gr ief.Themanke ptge tting
twowe rer omant ical lye ntangl e d,whi chi s intot roubl e,mos tlyf ight ingandal le gations
scandal ousgi vent he irage s.Si rMaxt onwas ofpe tt
yt he ft,unt ilaboutf ivey ear sago
ne ar l
y70andMr s.Hol li
ngbur yi sbar ely whe nDanbySc ottc amet ot hee st at e.
40—y ounge nought obehi sdaught er.The YoungSc ot tt ookt heot he rmanf i
r ml yin
relat i
ons hi pbe twe e nt het wowasoneof handandGundr yhas n'tbe e ni nt r oubl e
anot he rpai rofe cce nt rics .Mr s .Hol l
ingbur y sinc e.
(Not e :Gundr yhasnotbe e ni nt roubl er ec ently
be caus eDanbySc otti sbus yt eac hinghi m
mor er ef i
ne dc r i
me s.Oat esi sonc eagai n
tur ningabl inde ye.DanbySc ottandGundr y
aremuc hmor ec hummyt hanVi c t
or ian
de cor um al lows .APe rc ept ionSki l
lRol l
oppos edbyt hr eedi cec anr ev ealt hatOat esi s
hol dingbac kaboutt her elat ions hi pbe t
we en
Gundr yandDanbySc ot t
.)
-Si rMaxt onme tDanbySc ottt hrought heir
mut ualappr eci
at ionf orant ique s.Si nce
arr ivingatBos cadwi ths omef ivey e ars
ago,Sc ot tre v
e rsedt hene gle ctthepl ac e
wass uf fe ring,gott hes taffinor de r,and SCENE3D–QUESTIONI
NGTHE
eve nmanage dt oge tSi rMaxt ont owr i
te LOCALS
monogr aphs .
(Not e :Oat esmos t
lyi swr ongaboutDanby Theinves
tigat
orscanf i
ndplentyoflocalf
olkst
o
Sc ott.Si rMaxt onhi r edSc ot tbe caus ehe '
s quest
ionaboutthec as
e.Themi ghtapproach
act uallyDar byGot shal k,Si rMaxt on' s the
irhosts
,businessowners(ortheir
way war dgr andne phe w.Sc ot tdi dpe rsuadeSi r employee
s),orevenv i
ll
ager
sast heygoabout
Maxt ont os pe nds omemone yonke epingup the
irdail
ybusines
s.
thehal landal sodi dge thi mt owr itemor e
monogr aphs ,butonl yt odi s trac tSi rMaxt on Thev i
llagersofCot t
elwer ef
ondofSi rMaxt on
from Sc ot t'
st hie vi
ng.APe r ce ptionSki l
lRol l Gotshalk,butknowl i
ttl
eabouthi sdailylif
eor
oppos edbyt hr eedi cec anr ev ealt hatOat esi s hismur der.The y'
resome whatr el
uctanttos peak
onl yas s umi nghowSi rMaxt onandDanby without si
ders,butwor dthattheinv es
tigators
Sc ottme t
.) havecomeal lthewayf r
om LondonatDr .
-Si rMaxt onne ve rt oldany onewhe rehe Mar kel
e y'
sinvitat
ionloosensthe i
rtongue s.The
wasgoi ngonhi ss udde nt rip.Al so,i t'
snot invest
igatorscanputf ourque s
tionstot helocals
clearhowhel eftt hehal l.Thes e rvant s withoutmaki ngar oll
.The ycanas kanaddi t
ional
see mt oas sumet hats ome onemus thav e fourque st
ionsi ft
heyadv anc
et heThr eatMe t
er.
arr ivedt ot akehi m away .Hedi dnotus e
hisownc oac ht ol eav e ,nordi dhe Here'
swhentheloc
alsknow(
orthi
nkthe
y
pur chas eat raint ic ketorge tonat rain know)aboutSi
rMaxtonandBos
cadwi
th:
(Oat e sc he c ked) .
-Dr .Mar ke leyr emov e dSi rMaxt on'sbody -SirMaxt onGot shalkwasal ov abl eoldboy
from t hepar l
orwhe ret heunwr appi ng whowasge nte e
landwe ll-t
rav eled.He
tookpl ac e( withaf ewc ons t
abl es ne ve rhadac rosswor dt osayt oany one .He
ass isting) ,andt ooki tt ohi ss ur ge ryf or wasar etireddi plomat ,howe v er,andhehad
aut ops y . as ubt lewayofe xpressinghi sdi spleasur e.
-Si rMaxt on'ss er vant sc leane dt he Wi thj us tal ook,ge st
ur e,orbr iefc omme nt,
unwr appi ngr oom af te rt hebodywas hec ouldpr ojectas enseofdi sappoi ntme nt
gone .Nobodyt ol dt he mt ol eav ei t ori rritationt hatc uttothebone .
unt ouc he d,andt he ynor mal lywoul dt idy -Ve ryf ewl oc alseversawmuc hofGot shalk's
upaf te rgue stsde par te d.Oat esi snots ur e fable dc ollectionofant iquitie
s ,e xcept,
whathappe nedt ot hedi s carde dmummy pe rhaps ,f orDr .Mar keleyandMr s.
wr appi ngs ;howe ve r,al lt hel arge r Hol lingbur y,and,ofc our se,thehous ehol d
fur nishi ngs ,inc ludi ngt hemummy '
s staff,whohadt olivewi ththes tuff.
woode nc as eands omeot he rant iqui ties -Dr .Mar ke le
ywasaf re
que ntv isitort o
remai ni nt her oom. Bos c adwi th( he'sasc r
az yaboutf rogsand
salamande r
sasGot shalkwasabout
antiquit i
e s).Thepai rofthem us ede ac hot her Markel
eyinvit
esthei
nve
stigator
sint
othe
asac apt iveaudi encef ortalesoft heirl atest dr
awingroom athiss
ubst
ant i
alhomeonthe
tri
umphsandt ragedi es.Mr s.Hol l
ingbur y vi
ll
ageoutski
rts
:
alway sc laime dt obei ntouchwi tht he
spirit
ualv ibrat ionsf rom alltheol dbr ic-a- Dr.Mar keley'
shomes tandsal mos tbe yondt he
bracaboutt hepl ace ,butreallys hehade ye s vil
lagel imi ts
,whe rethes treetbe come sat ree-
fortheol dguy . li
ne dc ount rylane .Thehous es ee mse asi
lyt wice
-Mr s.Hol lingbur ywasal way sfus singov erthe thes i
z eofanys i
mi l
arbui ldingi nt hev i
ll
age
oldmanandr eallyal lafl
utterov e rhi m.He prope r.I thasamai ns ec t
iont hati stwos tories
lappedi tallup.Pe rhapss hewasaf te rabi tof tal
l,wi thas i
ngl e-st
orys ec t
ionof ftot hel eft,plus
hismone y( thoughs hes eemst ohav epl ent y ade tache ds tableands omeot herout buildings.
herself)orpe rhapss hewasge nui nelyf ondof Onc ey ouge tins i
de,amai dl eadsy out oa
him.She '
sy ounge nought obehi sdaught er drawi ngr oom c ramme dwi thov e r
stuf fed
andr eal lys houl dhav eknownbe ttert hant o furnitur e,amas sivefi
re place( unlitfornow) ,and
tugatt heol df ool '
she art
stri
ngs . manyr owsofgl ass-f
ront eds helvesdi splay i
ng
-SirMaxt onGot shalkwasnotpr onet ot rav el hundr e dsoff rogs ,t
oads ,ands alamande rs,allin
awayf r om home .Hedi dallhi sc oll
e ctingby li
feli
kemount s.Ahugepi c t
ur eofapondc ov e
re d
corresponde nc e.Whyhes udde nlyl efti sany withl i
lypadsi nf ullblossom hangsov erthe
body '
sgue s s.Itpr obabl yhadt odowi t hhi s mant le.
pass i
onf orant iquities.Evens o,i twoul dhav e
tohav ebe ens ome t
hi ngv er
yr ar eors pe cialto Ifthegr ouphasc omef ortea,Mar keleye ns
ures
lurehi m outofhi shal l. thathiss taffserv
e se v
e ryonepr operly,then
-Whe r
ev erGot s halkwe nt,nobodyi nt owns aw fi
rml ys endsthehe l
pawaybe foregettingdown
him go.Hewasnots eenatther ailways tation tobus iness.Inanyc ase,thegr oupc anque st
ion
oront her oads . Mar keleywi thoutmaki nganySt at
usor
-SirMaxt onGot shalkhadnoc hildr en,but De ductionr oll
s.Thepar tycanadv anc ethe
manyni ecesandne phe ws.Some onewi l
l Thr e
atMe terandas kupt osixadditional
inhe r
itt hepr ope rty,butnobodyi nt hev il
lage que s
tionsf oreachadv anc e.
knowswhom.
Mar ke l
e yfullyre callsallthede tai l
sfrom his
let
ter,andc ane l
abor ateonanypoi ntthathas
SCENE3E–DR.MARKELEY pique dt hegr oup'si nt ere
s t.He 'sal s
oque stioned
Oateshi mse l
fandc ant ellthegr oupany t
hing
Asnot ede arlier,Dr .Mar kele yf eelswor noutt he Oatesknows .Hedoe snotf ul l
ys hareOat es's
mor ningt hei nv e sti
gat orsar rive ,thankst oa enthus iasmf orDanbySc ot t,thoughhedoe snot
bus ynights pe ntt e ndi ngpat ient s.Mar ke l
ey suspe ctScot tofanywr ongdoi ngatt hetimet he
woul dpr efert oge ts omer est,andt henf iel
dt he investigatorsar rivei nCot tel.Mar kel
eyalsoi s
group'sque stionsatanaf ternoont eaathi s we l
l-acquai ntedwi tht hev illagegos sipaboutSi r
home .Hei s,howe ve r,commi t tedt os olvingt he Maxt onGot shal kandMr s.Hol lingbur y.Hedoe s
case,sohewi llhe lpt hei nves tigat orswhe ne ver nots har ethev i
ll
age rs 'di
s appr ov albecausehe
theyas k.Ift he ydos obe foreMar ke leyisr eadyt o regardst her elations hipt het wohadasme rel
ya
entertaint hem att e a,the ydon' tge ttheRe solv e mut ualc rush.Mar keleyhast hef oll
owing
Awar dme nt ione di nSc ene3.Thei nv est
igat ors additionali nsightst hathec ans har ewitht he
alsostandt ol oseSt atus( al
soasme ntione di n investigatorsi fthe yas kther ightque s
tions.
Sc e
ne3)i fthe ypr e sst hedoc torf orani nterv i
e w
imme di atelywhe nheme e t
st he irt rain.Ifthe -SirMaxt onGot shalk'
scauseofdeat
hwas
groupc an' twai tunt ilteatimet oque s
tion asphy xi
at i
onstemmi ngfrom manual
Mar keley,butgi v ehi m atl eas tal it t
letimet o strangulation.
freshenup–andal somaket he iri nqui rie
s (Note:Ifques ti
onedaboutt hi
sfindi
ng,Markel
ey
discreetlyandpol ite l
y–the yc anav oidSt atusl oss poi
nt stotheaut opsyresult
sincl
udedinhisle
tter
(thought he ys tilldon' tge ttheRe s olveAwar d). (hypoxia,abr okenlarynx,andbruis
ingonthe
ne ck).I naddi tion,t hel ac kofahy oid thene ckandt hr ownagai ns ts omehar d
fractur es t
rongl yfav or ss tr angul at ion bar rierorobj e ct.Thewoundsc oul dhav e
ov erhangi ng.I t'sanEas y( 2)Me di cineor comef irstandc oul dhav es tunne dand
De mandi ng( 5)Re se archSki llRol lto immobi l
ize dSi rMaxt on,t hought he rei sno
conf irm Mar ke ley'sf indi ngs . indi cat i
ont hathewaspr oneatanyt ime
-Thee xac ts our ceoft hemanual dur ingt heat tac k.Some how,heke pthi s
strangul ationr emai nsunc le ar .The feet .
patte rnofbr uis ess ugge stshi sne ckwas -Exac tl
yhowl ongSi rMaxt onhadbe e nde ad
sque e zedbys ome thi nghar dandv e ry att het i
meoft hebody ’sdi s cov erypr ov ed
strong,buti twast hi cklywr appe dar ound difficul ttopi ndown.Lac kofr igorandt he
some things oft erandy i
e ldi ng. fairlyadv anc eds tat eofde cays ugge sts
(Not e:Inf ac t,Ke nanGundr yf ir stt rie dt ous e de athoc cur re dnol e sst hant hr e eday spr ior
aknot t
edc lot h,t hugge es tyle,t os trangl eSi r tot heunwr appi ng,andpos siblyasmuc has
Maxt on.Hec oul dnotqui temanaget hef eat, awe e k.Thel as ttimeany ones awSi r
howe v er.Af te rloos e ningandr e -tight eni ngt he Maxt onal ivewasonewe e kago.
clothaf e wt ime s ,Gundr yus e dhi shands ,wi t
h -Someoft hewr appi ngsar oundt hec or ps e
thec l
ot hs tillwr appe dar oundSi rMaxt on' s (theout ermos tl ay er )we rebr ittle,
ne c
k.) disc olor ed,anddus t y.Thei nne rwr appi ngs
-Thankst ot hemac abr ec irc ums tanc est hat see me dne we randf re she r.Mar ke ley
reve aledt hebody ,ands omes t ate me nts thoughthehadpr e se rve ds omeoft he
from bot hDanbySc ot tandLe ona wr appi ngs ,buthec annotl ocat et he m.
Hol lingbur y ,Dr .Mar kele yf e ar st hathi s (
Not e :Mar keleydi dpi ckups omeoft he
friendmi ghthav edi e datt hehandsofan wr appi ngs ,butDanbySc ot ttookt he m whi le
animat e dmummy ,thoughher ef use st o Mar ke l
e ywasoc cupi edwi thr e mov ingt hebody .
)
be l
iev ei t(he 'sinc ons i
de r abl ede nial -Mar ke leys enthi sl e tterbyhandbe caus ethe
aboutt hi sf ear ).AChal l
e ngi ng( 4) mi ss ivewast ool ong,andt oos ens itiv e,fora
Pe rcept ionSki llRol lr eve alsMar ke le y'
s telegr am—andbe caus ehewasi nahur ry.
disqui et.I fpr es sed,Mar ke leyr eluc tant ly Thel et terc oul dgobyt raint oLondoni n
admi tst hatamummy '
sbandage -wr appe d aboutaday .
handsmi ghti nf lictthes or t sofc r us hing -Mar ke ley'sc as esf rom l as tni ghti nc lude d
andbr ui s i
ngt hatSi rMaxt on' sbodyhad. de liver i
ngababyandt endi ngs e ver al
Mar kele yal s oc onc ede st hatt heki lle r elde rlypat ient s,inc ludi ngCadanRowe ,
mi ghthav eus e ds omeki ndofl igat ur e.If whof elldownaf lightofs tair stheni ght
so,itwasbr oad,f airlys of t,andi rre gular. afte rtheunwr appi ng( se eSc ene3C) .The
-I twoul dhav et ake nt hr eemi nut e sor oldmanhasaf rac tur edwr istanda
mor eforSi rMaxt ont oas phy xi at e. conc us si
on.Hehasnots poke ns i
nc ehet ook
Ne ve rthe les s,t hebodys howsnos igns hisf all.
thatt hemanr es i
st edatal l.Hemus thav e -Af te rSi rMaxt ondi sappe ar edf rom home ,
be ens tunne d,unc ons c i
ous ,or DanbySc ot twai tedaf ewday sbe for e
immobi lize d.The rear enos ignsof de cidingt ogot hr oughwi tht he
restraint ,dr ugs ,ort oxi ns . unwr appi ng.Het oldMar ke leyt hathe
(Not e:Mar ke leyf ear st hatSi rMaxt onmi ght fear edf orSi rMaxt on' sr eput at ioni fthe
hav es t
oodt r ans fixe dwhi leamummys huf fl
ed eve ntwe reabr upt lyc anc e led.Sc ot tf elthe
towar dhi m ands trangl edhi m.AChal lengi ng coul dde live ras atis factor yl ec turef rom Si r
(4)Pe rce ptionSki llRol lr ev ealst hatMar keley Maxt on' snot es .Af te rde cidingt opr oc e ed
feelsconf licte daboutt hisf i
ndi ng. ) wi tht heunwr appi ng,Sc ottbe came
-Theaut ops ydoe snots pe akt ot heor de rin pre oc cupi edwi thpr e par ingf ort hee v ent.
whi chSi rMaxt on' sinj ur iesoc cur re d.The -Pande moni um e ns ue dwhe nt he“ mummy ”
woundst ot hehe adandbac kar e tur ne doutt obeSi rMaxt onhi ms elf.Af t
e r
cons iste ntwi tht hemanbe inggr abbe dby somemome nt sofs tunne ddi s be l
ie f,
Mar ke le yandSc ot ttookc har ge .Mar kele y Doi ngsocost
sanymi ddle-orupper-cl
ass
ushe re dpe opl eoutoft her oom whi leSc ot t inv
e st
igat
oroneStat
usc ir
cle.I
ftheytaketea
summone dt hes e rvant stos e et ot hegue sts. wit
hDr .Mar
kele
y,hes endsthem offt
o
Onc ehehadt her oom c l
e ar ed,Mar ke l
e y Boscadwithi
nhisownc arriage
,alongwithanot
e
clos edt hedooranddi dapr elimi nar y ofintr
oducti
on.
exami nat ionoft hebody .Whe nt he
cons tabl esar rive d,t hedoc t orhadt he m Thet ri
pfrom thev i
llagetoBos cadwi t
ht ake syou
colle ctt hebodyandt rans por titt ohi s alongac ountrylanet hatwindst hroughr ocky
sur ge ry .Mar ke le yac c ompani edt hebody .A hill
scarpetedwithme adows ,pastures,and
serv antbr oughthi m hi sc loakandbagf ort he tangledcopses.Boscadwi t
hi sas tat
ely,ivy-
trip. coveredpilecrowningas t
eept or.Immac ulate
-SirMaxt onGot s hal k'swi llisac ompl ex lawnsandgar densc ov ert
hes lopes.Wi ldthicket
s
doc ume nt .Es sent ially,theGot shal kf or tune ofbrambl esandt r
eesc rowdt hehous eand
(ine xc essofami llionpounds )r e mai nsi na groundst othenor t
hande ast.Ont hes outhand
trus tandoutofany one 'se as yr e ac h.Ast he we st
,fie
ldsandpas tur ess
tretchbac ktowar dt he
he irt ot hef or tune ,SirMaxt onhad vill
age.
pos se ss ionofBos c adwi th,al ongwi t ha
stipe ndf ori t supke ep.Heal sohadanannual Be si
desthemainhouse,withi
tsdozensofroofs,
pe rsonali nc omef rom t hef ami ly( ar ound200 gables,c
himneys,andbalc
onies,t
her
ei sastable
,
pounds )andas mal lpe ns ionf rom t he ac oachhouse
,andawor kshopthats
por t
sawi de
dipl omat ics erv ice.Thene xthe iri sPr obe rt loadingdock.
Got s hal k,whoi sc ur rentlyi nI ndi a.Si r
Maxt onwi l
le dmos tofhi sc ollect ionof Thepar ty'
sc onv e
y anc et ur
nsupapav eddr ive
ant iqui tie stohi sol dc ollege( Oxf or d)and andde positsthegr oupatt hef r
ontdoor ,whe rea
madev ar iousbe que stsofmone yorpr ope r
ty footmanpr ompt l
yappe ars
.Thef oot mani s
tof rie ndsandy ounge rrelat ive swhoar e Forr estRickar d—af airlynews ervantatt hehal l
scat ter edal lov e rt hee mpi re .Ase xe cutorf or (hav i
ngbe ent hereonl yaboutade cade)whowas
thewi ll,Mar ke le yhast ot rac kdownabout fir
ml yde vot edtobot hSi rMaxt onandt oCadan
thr eedoz enpe opl eands afe guar dal lthe Rowe .Hei ss uspiciousoft hegr oup.Unl esst he
prope r tyi nt heme ant ime .Al lt hes e rvant sat investigatorsar ri
vei nt hec ompanyofCons table
Bos c adwi thwi l
lr e ceives mal lbe que sts,wi th Oate sorDr .Mar ke l
e y( orhaveanot eof
onee xc ept i
on—DanbySc ot ti snotname din introduc ti
onf rom Mar kele
y )
,hei snotinc l
ine d
thewi ll. toadmi tthe m.Ittake saChal le
ngi ng(4)St atus
-Thewhol eBos c adwi the stat ei sas pr awl ing SkillRol ltoge tpas tFor restRickardi nthatc ase.
plac e,c ov eringmor et han300ac re sinal l.
Se ve ralwal ki ngpat hsandbr idl et rai l
sc ros s Iftheinvesti
gatorsmanagetogetintothehall,
thepl ac e ,andSi rMaxt onwashappyt oal low Rickardallowsthemtoque s
tionthestaff
,inspect
hisne i
ghbor st ous ethe m.Mar ke le yhi ms el
f theroom whe retheunwrappingtookplace,and
wasv er yf ondofanol d,ope n- pitquar ry haveage ne r
allookar
ound.Thev isi
tbeginswith
(par tial lyf l
oode dandahav enf orf rogs )and aviewoft hefronthal
l:
oldmi neadi t,al sof l
oode dandwe l
l-stoc ked
wi thf r ogs . Thehous e'smas s iv
eandde cidedlyme dieval-
lookingf rontdoorope nsontoav astandl ofty
hallwayt hats e
e mst os tre
tchawayatl easta
SCENE4–BOSCADWI
TH furlong.Li ghtfrom hi ghwi ndowsf loodst hear e
a
justbe yondt het hres hold,butf adest ode ep
Theinvesti
gatorscanvi
sitBoscadwit
hanyti
me shadowsj ustafe wpac esbeyond.Pot t
e dpalms
af
tertheyarri
v einCot
tel
.Thebe stti
mewouldbe soakupt hel i
ghtne art hee ntry,withf ernsinthe
af
tertaki
ngt e
awi thDr.Mar ke
leyonthe dimme rre achesf arthe rfr
om t hedoor .Be tween
af
ternoonaftertheyar
rive.Theycan,howe
ver, thepl antss t
andanc ie ntstatuesc arvedofgl ossy
hi
reac artorwagonandmaket hetri
panyti
me. blackordul lyel
lows tone,allde pic
tinghumans
wit
hani malheads.Framedpapyri
,mounted agr oup.The rehasbe enmuc hgossipand
bas-
r e
lie
fsandcartouche
s,andprese
rve
d spec ulati
onamongal lthelongtimes e
r vants
sec
tionsofanci
entar t
worksandhier
ogl
yphs (encour age d,ifnotorchestratedbyFor rest
hangov ert
heplantsandstat
uary
. Rickar d),andt heinvesti
gatorswil
lge tmuc hthe
sameans we rsnomat terwhom t heyque sti
on.
Yourhos tl
eadsyout hr
oughas i
dedoorintoa DanbySc ottke epshisfact
ionmos tlyoutofs i
ght
sit
ti
ngr oom si
milarl
yadornedwithanti
quiti
es. ands pendsmos tofhisti
mel ockedinhi sroom,
You'r
es oonseate
dami dalegionofst
atuet
tes, bus ilyt ryingt oc ov
erhistracks.Thereisa
canopicjar
s,ands t
oneamulets. separ atesc enef oranintervi
ewwi thSc ott
,and
alsoas cenef orinterv
iewingCadanandCor dula
Rowe .
Thes ervantshav emuc ht hesamei nf

ormat ionand
opinionsast hev i
llagersofCot tel,buttheyknow
mor eaboutt hehous eholdandt heni ghtoft he
unwr apping.Thes e rvantsar er
e adytot al
k,and
theinv est
igatorscanas kthems e venque s
tions
withoutmaki nganySt atusorDe duc t
ionr olls
.The
partyc anadv ancet heThr eatMe terandas kupto
sevenaddi ti
onalque sti
onsf oreac hadvanc e.Thei
r
additionalinformat ionisasf ol
lows :
-Exc e ptf ort hec oac hman,game ke epe r,and

gr ounds ke epe rs ,thes tafflivesont heuppe r
flooroft hewe stwi ng.The“ out door”s e rvants
liveabov et hec oac hhous e.DanbySc ott,as
themas ter'
spe rsonalas s i
stant ,livesint he
fami lyquar ter sint hewe stwi ng.
-Themas terwasal way ss endingawayf or
oddme ntsf rom ol dt ombsi nEgy pt
.He
pos itive l
yl ov edt hedus tythings .Aboutf ive
ye arsago,hehi redDanbySc ottt ohe lphi m
managehi sc olle ct
ionandal sot hehe lpwi th
SCENE4B–QUESTIONI
NGTHE thehous ehol d.Thi ngshadr unt orac kand
STAFF rui nast hemas tergotol der,andMr .Sc ott
he lpe dt oc or rec tthats ituation.
-Int henor malc our seoft hings ,t hemas ter
SirMaxt onGot shalk'
sbi zarredeathhasc aused
woul dar rangebyl ettertoac qui r esome thing
adeepr i
ftamongt hes ervantsatBos cadwi th.
ne wandas hi pme ntwoul dc omeaboute ve r
y
Onones idear eDanbySc ot
t,Ke nanGundr y,
for tnight .DanbySc ottwoul dope nthe
andthe irgangofmi s
c r
eants.Onot hersidear e
shi pme nt sands ett hem outi nt hewor kshop
allt
heol df ami l
ys e
r vants(thoughmany
fort hemas tert ov iew.
pret
endt ogoal ongwi t
hSc ottforfearof
-Slight lymor et hant wowe eksago,t hemas ter
Gundr y).DanbySc otthasnomi nal l
yassume d
gotpar ticular l
ye xcitedaboutanupc omi ng
controloft hehous eholdandhasamodi cum of
shi pme ntandi tf elltot hes tafft opay
control,thanksi npar ttoCons tableOat e
s '
att entiont ot hede liveriesandmakes ur et he
unwittings uppor t
.Wi t
ht hebut l
e r
,Cadan
mas terkne wi thadar rivedbe for eMr .Sc ot t
Rowe ,outofc ommi ssion,For r
e stRickardl eads
coul dope ni tonhi sown.
theoppos itiontoSc ott.
-Some thingmus thav ebe enami ssorunus ual
wi tht hats hipme nt,be causeheandMr .Sc ott
Thepar
tyc
anque
sti
ont
hes
erv
ant
ssi
ngl
yoras
hads omeki ndoff allingoutov erit .The the m.Whe nt hebodywasgone ,wec leane d
mas ters tor me dof ft ohav ehi st ea,t he n upt her oom.The rewasnot hingi nt he reby
retur ne dt os pe akwi thMr .Sc ot tagai n. thatt ime ,e xc eptf orabandone ddr i
nks ,
-Some thi ngmus thav ebe enr e allywr ong,or cigar s,cigar ette s,andt hatawf ulc as et he
pe rhapsv erye xc i
ting,be c aus et hene xt mummyc amei n.
mor ningt hemas terwasof fonhi s -Mr s .Hol lingbur yandDr .Mar ke leywe rethe
my sterioust ri
p.I twasal lv eryhas ty.Mr . mas t er'sonl yf r eque ntv isitors.Dr .Mar keley
Sc ottgav eor de rst ohav et hemas ter '
sbags wasal way swadi ngt hes tre amsandponds
pac ke dandmus thav es e ent hemas te rof f ont hee st ate ,looki ngf orf rogs,t oads ,and
hims elf,be caus enobodye lses awhi ml eav e. salamande rs .Mr s.Hol lingbur ywasal way s
-Themas terwase age rt hes eet hats hi pme nt kiss ingt hemas te ront hec he ekandt ut -
be caus ehehadhi tuponhi spl ant ounwr ap tutt ingov erhi sc ol lect
ionofant iqui tie s.She
amummyabi tbe for et hes hipme ntar riv ed. waspar ticul ar lyups etwhe nt hemas te r
The rese e mt ohav ebe ens omec ompl e t
e be ganc ollec tingwhol emummi e s.
mummi e si nthes hipme nt. -Mr s .Hol lingbur ys aidthatBos cadwi thhad
-Noone ,note v enMr .Sc ott ,knowshowl ong be comeahous eoft her e stlessde ad,who
themas te rinte nde dt obegone ,buthemus t woul dber ev enge dont hel iving.
hav ee xpe ctedt obebac kf ort he -Sinc et hemas te r
'sde ath,t he rehav ebe en
unwr appi ngbe caus ehedi dnotc anc elt he manyodde v ent s.Ourbut le r
,Mr .Rowe ,fell
eve nt.Wi ththemas te rgoneonhi s downt hes tai rst hev eryne xtni ghtaf tert he
my steriouse rrand,Mr .Sc ot tde cide dt o unwr appi ng.Mr .Sc otts ay she 'dbe en
unwr apt hemummyandgi vet he drinki ng,butt hat 'snotl ikeMr .Rowe .Sinc e
acc ompany i
ngl e ctur ehi ms elf.Themas ter thatni ght ,s ome one —ors ome thi ng—has
hadl eftampl enot e s,andMr .Sc ot ts ai dit be ens talki ngaboutt hehous eandgr ounds .
woul dbebe ttert opr oc eedt hant oc anc el Youc ans t i
lls e et hef oot pr intsi nt hegar den.
thee vent ,s i
nc es omanype opl ewoul dbe (Note:Ke nanGundr yi stheni ght wal ke r;s ee
comi ngf r om Londonandot he rf ar -flung Scene5. )
local es. -Lifes inc et hemas te r'
sde athhasbe ena
-Allwasc haosi nt hehous eont heni ghtof tens eaf fair.Ev ery onehasbe e nwai tingt o
theunwr appi ng.Mr .Sc ottwasgi v ingal l fi
ndouts ome thi ngaboutt he( appar e nt)
sor tsofor de rsint hemas te r'sabs enc eand mur de r,andal sowonde ringwhatc hange s
thatdi dnots i
twe llwi tht hes taff. wi llc omeonc eDr .Mar ke leye xe c ute sthe
-Noneoft hes taffwe real l
owe dt owi t ne ss wi ll.Mr .Rowe 'sf allandt hef oot pr int sint he
theunwr appi ng,andnonewant edt o gar de n( andt hef e art hatt heowne roft hose
any way . print smi ghthav ebe ene nte ri
ngt hehous e
-Whe nt he“ mummy ”t urne doutt obet he ands ne aki ngar ound)hav es e te ve ryone '
s
mas ter—mur de red—t he rewasqui teas tir. ne rv esone dge .Mr .Sc otthasbe en
Ifnotf orDr .Mar ke le y,it’shar dt os aywhat impos sibl e—das hi ngaboutands cr i
bbl ing
mi ghthav ehappe ne d.Foraf e whour s,t he not e saboutt hemas ter'sc ol l
ec tion( fort he
whol es taffwasbus yr unni ngar oundt ry i
ng solic itor s,hes ay s).
tos oot het hegue sts' ne rvesandhe lpt he m
de camp.Thev isit
or ss eeme de age rt o SCENE4C–EXAMI
NINGTHEHOUSE
leav e—al lexc eptMr s .Hol lingbur y ,who
livesj ustatt hef ootoft heme adowany way .
Bosc
adwi thhasacresofr
ooms,hallways
,cl
oset
s,
-Dr .Mar ke leyt riedt oke ept hepar lorwhe re
andbalconie
s .I
nthewholeramblingpil
e,
themas te r'
sbodyl ayc lose dande mpt y
however,onlytheparl
orwhereScotthel
dthe
unt ilthepol i
cear r ived,andnoneoft he
unwrappingholdsanyphysi
calcl
ue s:
staffwant edt obei nt he reany way .Whe n
sev eralgue stsne ede dt or e cov ert hi ngs
Theupperfl
oorpar
lorwheret
heunwr
appi
ng
from t her oom,Mr .Sc ot twe nti nt of e tch
tookpl
acehasanori
entalr
ugandt
wonarr
ow
windowsov erl
ookingas ect
ionofgar de ns ome manuf actur e.
30feetbe l
ow.Thef ur nishingshavebe en LeadB:Thes hardsf rom t hedamage dcoff
in
mov ed(orr emov ed)t omakes pacef orahi gh mus thav ebe enlonge rands harpe ratonet ime ,
tabl
ene arthec enter,dir ectl
ybe neatht hegas ortheywoul dnothav ec aughtandt or nthe
chandelier
.Chai rsandl owt ablesringt he mummy '
st ightwr appings .
room.Mos tofthet ableshol ds mallant iqui ti
es Re s
ult:Fal se.Thet hreadsc amef r
om as hroud
ofthekindy ou'ves eene l
sewhe rei
nt hehous e. placedar oundt hemummy .
Inonec orners t
andsal ac queredcas ewi tha LeadC:Thr eadst rail
ingi nsidet hec offi
nsugge s
t
vaguelyhumans hape .It '
spalewhi teov e ral l
, thesome thingwasl oos elywr appe dar oundt he
decoratedwi t
ht hreel argefalconsthathav e bodyands nagge dandt orewhe nSi rMaxt on's
orangebodi esandbl uewi ngsout s
tr etche d. bodywaspl acedi nsidet hec offi
n.
Bandsofhi eroglyphsl iebe tweenthef alcons , Re s
ult:Tr ue .Thev i
ll
ainswr appe dSi rMaxt on'
s
andahumanv isaget opst hewhol et hing. bodyinac ombi nat i
onofol dandne wl i
nen,then
coveredt hebodyl ooselyinas heettopr otectthe
Asnotede arl
ier
,thes
taf
fcl
eanedtheroom, olderwr appi ngs.
re
mov ingthede br
ist
hegues
tshadlef
tbehi
nd
i
nt he
irhas t
e. Clue:As he
etofmodernnot
epape
r,bear
ing
hier
oglyphswrit
teni
nmoderninkcanbefound
Observat
ionRound: underthetabl
e.
4Cl
ues LeadA:Thes heetmus thavebe enpartoft he
notesDanbywasus ingforthel e
cture.
Obs
erv
ati
onDi
ff
icul
ty—5De
mandi
ng Result
:False:Thes ervantscle
ane dther oom.
LeadB:Onl yane xpe r
tonant iquit
iescouldhave
Clue:Thewoodenc
off
in'
sedge
sar
ebadl
y scr
ibedthehi eroglyphs .
spli
nter
edintwopl
aces. Result
:False.Thehi erogl
yphsar egibberish;
Danbyc opie
dt he mf rom abookandl ef
tt he
LeadA:Thec off
inmus thav ebeensubj ect
ed sheeti
nhe retoc onfoundanyi nvesti
gationsint
o
tomoistureors ome t
hinge l
sethatmadei t Maxwe ll
'sdeath.
warpandj am,s othatithadt obepr i
edope n. LeadC:De ciphe r
ingt hehi e
roglyphsmi ghtshed
Result
:Fal se
.Thewoodi snotwar pedor somelightont hemat terathand.
dis
colored. Result
:False.Thehi erogl
yphsar egibberish.
LeadB:Thedamages uggeststhatsome one
openedthec offi
ningr eathaste. Clue:Ther
earet
inydr
opsofwaxont
her
ugne
xt
Result
:Tr ue.DanbySc ottandhi smiscreants tothetabl
e.
tor
eope nt hecoff
ins otheywoul dhaveapl ace
tohideSirMaxt on'sbody . Le adA:Thewaxl ikelycamef rom c andlesused
LeadC:Thei mpleme ntusedtopr yope nthe tol i
ghttheroom.
cof
finmi ghthavecaus edthewoundsonSi r Re sult
:False:Ther oom hasgasl ighting.
Maxton'sbody . Le adB:Thes iz
eandnumbe rofdr opss ugges
t
Result
:Fal se
.Thebl ockandt acklei
nt he the ycamefrom as ingle,smal lcandl e.
workshop( Scene5C)c ausedSirMaxt on's Re sult
:True.Danbywasus ingt hec andl ewhen
wounds. hepl antedthes he etofhierogl yphs.
Le adC:Some onemus thavebe entryingt o
Cl
ue:Pal
ethreadsarecaughti
nthespl
int
ere
d exami nethet ableorr ugbyc andl eli
ght.
woodandhanginginsi
dethecoff
in. Re sult
:False.Danbyl etthewaxf al
lwhe nhe
stoope dtoplacet hes heetunde rthet able.
LeadA:Thet hr
eadsli
kelycamefrom t
he
mummy '
swrappingswhenitwasremoved
fr
om thecoff
in.
Resul
t:Fals
e:Thethreadsareofmodern
Fol
lowi
ngLe
ads
:
Theinvesti
gatorscanaskt heserv
antsat
Boscadwithaboutwhatt hey’v
efoundhere,or
per
hapsr etur
nt oCotte
lt oconsultwi
thMar ke
ley
orOates.Possibl
eresul
tsinclude:
-Theonl ype rsonintheCot telareawhomi ght

knowany thingabouthi eroglyphicsisDanby
Scott(seeSc ene4D) .
-Thes er
v antsatBos cadwithreme mbe rt
hat
therewasc onsi
de r
ableac ti
vit
yt hroughout
thehous etheni ghtoft heunwr apping.
-ADe mandi ng(5)Re searchSkillRollreveal
s
thattheHi e r
oglyphicsaregibbe ri
sh.
SCENE4D–QUESTI
ONI
NGDANBY
SCOTT
DanbySc otthasbe enspe ndinghi sti

mes ince
themur de rc overinghistr acks
.Tot hatend,he
arr ange dt heat tackonMr .Rowe .Befor
eand
afte rattac kingt hebutler,Sc ot
twasbus y be s
t;not esareappende dtothet extwhe nScott'
s
alte ringre cor ds,f
ilc
hingt hebe stportableit
ems stateme ntsrequir
ee xtr
ae xplanation.Thelead
from hi sunc le '
scoll
ecti
on,andmaki ng investi
gat orcande t
ectScott'
se vasionsand
pre par ati
onst of l
eethec ount r
y—oratl east false
hoodswi thPercepti
onSki llRol l
sopposedby
Cor nwal l
.Hehasal waysi ntendedt obluffhi
s Danby 'sAc ti
ngSkill(f
ourdi ce).Inadditi
ont o
wayt hroughanyi nves
tigat i
onint oSirMaxton's thes t
ateme ntslis
tedhe re
,Sc ottisfamili
arwith
de at handhegl adlymat che switswi t
hthepar t
y. thegos sipinthev i
ll
ageandamongt heserv
ants
atBos cadwi t
handc angi vethatinf or
mationto
Whe nt heinv est
igatorsdecidetoque s
tionhim, thepar ty—ifitsuit
shimt odos o.
hepr et
e ndst obebus ywor kingons ome
accountingf orthee st
ate.“SirMaxtonwas -Danbyme tSirMaxt onGot shalkthrough
alwaysmor eintereste
dEgy pti
anAnt i
quit
ies theirmut ualappr eciationf orant i
quitie
s
thaninke e pingprope rrec
or dsaboutthe (beforecomi ngt owor katBos cadwith,
estat
e,”het ellst
hepar t
y.(That'st
rue,butthen Danbywasanov e rseasage ntforaLondon
againSc ottwass uppos edtohandlewor kaday antiquiti
esde aler).AsSi rMaxt ongr ew
detai
lsonSi rMaxt on'sbehalf.
) older,hene ede dhe l
pwi thhi scollect
ingand
Danbyasage ne ralas sistantbe causehe
Toque s ti
onSc ott
,theinvestigatorsmus tmakea kn e
w thatDan by k ne w h i
s an t
iquit
ies.
Challenging( 4)Stat
usSki l
lRol l.Iftheyfail
, Note:Thi sispart
lyt rue .SirMaxt onhiredDanby
Scottbr ushesthem offandr e f
erst hemtoDr . mos tl
ybe causehe'sSi rMaxt on'sgrandne phe w.
Mar keleyorCons tableOates .Ifthe ys
ucceed, D anbyha sw or
ked f ors evera llegiti
ma te
theycanat t
emptaChal l
enging( 4)De duc t
ion anti
quitiesdealers( i
ft herei ss uchat hing)and
Skil
lRol ltoas kScottfourque stions.Theyc an can gi
ve t
h epartyn ame sa nd add re
sses.The
askoneaddi ti
onalque st
ionf ore achsuccess partycanc onfi
rmt hisi nf
or mat i
onbywi re(the
theyge tbe y
ondt herequiredf our . invest
igatorscan send tel
e gra ms from the Cotte
l
rai
lways tati
on).Ifthe ydos o,t he yadvanc ethe
Scotttendst oanswe rque s
tionsi nhalf-t
ruthsat ThreatMe t
er.Thec onf irmi ngwi recome swi t
hin
sixtoe ighthour sands impl ys ay st hatDanby coac h( hisus ualme thodoft rav el)
.Pe rhaps
Scottonc ewor ke df ort he m asac apabl ef ield some onec amet opi ckhi m up.
agent .
) (Not e:Anot he rc ompl etef als ehood.Sc ot tknows
-Si rMaxt onhadbe enbus ywr iting verywe llt hathi sunc lewaski ll
e d.)
monogr aphsf ormanyy ear s,andwasabl e -Ast heni ghtoft heunwr appi ngappr oac hed,
toi nc re asehi sout putaf te rDanbyc ame Sc ot tmader eady .Hef ul lye xpe ctedSi r
towor kf orhi m. Maxt ont or eturn.Whe ni tbe c amepl aint he
(Note :Tr ue ;howe v er,Sc ot thadbe en SirMaxt onwasnotgoi ngt oappe ar ,Sc ott
encour agi ngt heol dmant owr itemor es oast o ste ppe di n.Si rMaxt onhadl eftc opi ous
distr
ac thi mf rom Sc ott'spi lfering. ) not e s.
-Si rMaxt onhadbe ent oy i
ngwi tht hei de a (Not e:Si rMaxt onmadee xt e ns i
v enot es–t her es
t
ofpubl iclyunwr appi ngamummyf or ofthes tat eme nti sfals e
.)
ne ar lyay e ar .Hewasc onv inc edi twoul d -The“ mummy ”thatt ur ne doutt obeSi r
dr awat tent iont ohi smonogr aphs . Maxt onc amei nas hi pme ntt hr eeday sago.
(Note :Tr ue ;howe v er,Sc ot tpl ant edt hei de a.) Sc ot tcans howt hepar tyt hebi llofl adi ng
-Si rMaxt onhads omec onc ernsaboutt he fort hes hipme ntandac opyoft heor de r.
shi pme ntt hatar r i
vedj us tbe for ehe (Not e:The r
ewasnos hipme ntt hr eeday sbe fore
dis appe ar ed.Thedi f
fi cultywast hatt he theunwr appi ng;t he rehav ebe ennos hi pme nt s
shi pme nti nc lude ds e ve ralite msSi r sincet hedi sput edone .Thes erv ant sloy alt oSi r
Maxt onal r eadyhad.Thatwasbe c aus e Maxt onc anc onf i
r mt hat .Sc ot t'
sdoc ume ntsar e
thede ale rhads e ntthe m al ongf or forgerie s.Thepar tyc ande te c tthi swi tha
appr ais al.Si rMaxt onmus thav ef or got ten Pe rc
ept ionSki llRol loppos e dbySc ott'
s
thathehadagr eedt odot hat . Count e rfe i
tingSpe cialty.)
(Note :Thi si sac ompl etef alse hood.Sc ot t -Sc ot thasnot rueknowl edgeofSi rMaxt on's
order edt hei te ms ,whi c
hwe r
ege ne ral l
yi n wi ll,butunde rstandst hatt he rear e
poorc ondi t
ion,t oc ov erforhi sl ate str oundof pr ov isi
onsi nitf oral lt hel ong- s
e r
v inghe l
p.
pilf
er i
ng.Theappr aisals tor ywasonet hat Ashehasonl ybe ene mpl oy e dat
Scotthadmadeupont hes pott opl ac ateSi r Bos cadwi thf orf ivey e ar s,hee xpe c ts
Maxt on.He 'ss ticki ngwi t
ht hel i
enow.Sc ot t not hi ngf rom t hewi ll.Hei nt endst oke ep
willpr ov ideanaddr essforawi rei fthe managi ngt hee stateunt ilthene we sthe ir
investigat or sas k.Theaddr essi saf ake( a take spos se s
sion,t he nSc ot tint endst ogo
dishone stde ale ri nLondon)andt he intot heant i
qui tiesbus ine ssesf orhi ms el
f.
confirmi ngwi rei sal i
easwe ll.Adv anc et he (Not e:Be caus ehe 'sre allyDar byGot shal k,Sc ott
Thr eatMe ter .Thepar tyc anr ev ealt hef alse knowspe rfectl
ywe llwhat 'si nSi rMaxt on' swi ll.
wirebyt elegr aphi ngWat soni nLondonand Asnot ede arlier,Dar by 'ss har eoft hee st atei s
askingt oc onf i
r mt headdr e ss,butt hatt ake s verys mal l,sot hati tisimpe r ativ ethatSc ott
24hour s.) extricatehi ms elffrom Bos cadwi thwi thhi sal i
as
-Sc ot thasnoi de awhe reSi rMaxt onwas intact.)
he ade donhi st ri
p.Sc ot tdoe snott hinki t
hadany thi ngt odowi tht hedi sput e d Scot tandHi erogly phs :
shi pme nt .I ns tead,het hinksSi rMaxt on Ifthei nvesti
gator shav erecov eredt heshe etof
mus thav er e ce i
ve dal ette rabouts ome hieroglyphsf rom theunwr appi ngr oom ( s
e e
gre atf indi nEgy pt,orpos si
bl yI ndi a.( Sir Sce ne4C) ,andthe ys howi ttoSc ot t
,hegi ve sno
Maxt onhadc ont actsal lov ert heEmpi re.
) obv ioussignofr ec ogni ti
on,butac har acterwho
Hemus tnothav ei nte nde dt ol eav et he make saPe rcepti
onSki llRolloppos edbySc ot
t'
s
count rybe caus ehec lear lye xpe ct edt o Acting( 4dic e
)cannot icear eac t
ion.Sc ott
ret ur ni nawe e kfort heunwr appi ng. cannotr eadhi erogl yphi cs(hec opiedt hem at
(Note :Anot he rc ompl etefal se hood. ) random f rom oneofSi rMaxt on'sbooks ),but
-Sc ot ti snots ur ee xac tlyhowSi rMaxt on he'llmakeas howoff rowni ngov ert hewr iti
ng
leftt hee st ate ,ashedi dnott akehi sown andt el
li
ngt hegr oupt hatthes heetisat hreatof
retaliat
ionf r
om be yondt hegr ave.
SCENE4E–CADANANDCORDULA
ROWE
Thisfather/daughterpairwi l
lhappi l
yt al
ktot he
partyifthegroupc ome stothes ervants’wingt o
seekthem out .I
ftheinv es
tigatorsdonots e
ekout
thepair,Cordulas e
ndst hem anot ebe ggingthem
tocomet oherfather'
ssuiteint heservants'wing.
Thec orri
dorsinthes er
v ants'wingseem narr
ow
andc rampe daft
erthewi des pacesinthemain
hall.Thepassageshavebar efl
oorsandplainwal
ls.
As hortfl
ightofstepsleadingupf rom adingy
landingleadstoapl ai
ndoor ,whichopensontoa
chee r
yroom wi t
hat hickr ugandador me r
windowov erl
ookingthel awn.
The r e'
saf i
rei nt hegr at eandal owt abl ebe aringa
teapot ,af ewc ups ,andabi gjarofgr aypowde r.
from hi sr oom t oc he ckthehous e,aswashi s
Ane l
de rlymanl iesinaday be dunde rt hewi ndow,
custom,andKe nanGundr ypus he dhi m downt he
wit hanat trac ti
v ebutpl ainl ydr e
s sedy oung
stai
r s.Rowewasbadl yi njure d( se eSc ene3E) ,but
womans itt
ingi nac hai rathi se l
bow.
nots obadl yase venDr .Mar ke leybe lieve s.The
butlerhasbe enf eigni ngas t
upor ,wai tingf ora
Thet eapotandc upsar et her emai nsofat ea
chanc et or ev ealwhatheknowst os ome onewho
ser vice.Thej arac tual lyhol dspowde red
isnotunde rSc ott'ss way .Hi sdaught er
,Cor dula,
mummy —anol df olkr eme dyf ore v erythi ngf rom
hass omei nfor mat ionofhe rownt or eve al.
he adac he stoul c ers.Si rMaxt onGot shal ks e
tgr eat
stor ebyi t.
CadanandCor dul ar evealal lthe yknow;howe ver
,
Cadandoe shav es omedi fficult yspe aking,andhe
CadanRowehasbe enwi tht heGot shal kf ami ly
communi catesbynot e s
.Toc ov erforhe rf athe r
,
longe nought ore cogni z eDanbySc ot tasDar by
Cor dulanat tersawayabouthe rchi l
dhoodand
Got shal k,buthei sdi sc ree te nought oke ept he
educ ati
on.He re'swhatCadanr evealsv ianot es:
knowl edget ohi ms elf.Hes ubt letyc onf irme dhi s
sus picionswi thSi rMaxt on,andbac kedof fwhe n
-DanbySc otti sre al
lySi rMaxt on’sgr eat
hel ear nedt hatt heol dmanwasnotbe ingdupe d.
nephe wDar byGot shalk.Hewasan
impos siblec hild.
Thee ve ntsle adingupt oSi rMaxt on' sde ath
-Dar bybe c ameDanbyaf te rtroubl ei nI ndi a
conf irme dCadan' swor stf ears.Als o,unknownt o
andc amet owor kf orGr eatUnc l
eMax.
DanbySc ott
,Cadans e rve dSi rMaxt onhi steat he
-Si rMaxt onwasf ur i
ouswi thhi sNe phe w
afternoonoft hedi sput eds hi pme nt .Si rMaxt on
abouts ome t
hi ngawe ekago.Hegav emea
didnotai rthef ami l
y '
sdi r t
yl aundr yt oas er
v ant,
lis
tofi temsi nhi scollec ti
on.
buthedi ddr opaf ewhi nt st hatal lwasnotwe ll
.
(Not e:Thel ists howss everalke yitemsf r om Si r
Maxt on' sc ollec ti
on,s howi ngt he irexpe c te d
Thedayaf t
e rSi rMaxt on' sde ath,Cadanwasnot
value svs .thev alue soft hei te msac t
ual lyi nt he
abl etoc onc e alhi ssus pi cionsabout“ Mr .Sc ott,”
coll
e cti
onnow.Sc ot tpilferedt hem andr e placed
thoughhedi dnots pe akoft he m.Sc ot twasnot
them wi thc opi es,orwi thge nui ne,buti nf erior
foole d,andv is i
tedt hebut l
e rinhi sr oom wi tha
exampl e s.( Theac tuall istiss howni nt he
bot tl
eofwhi skyt o“toas tUnc l
eSirMaxt on's
appe ndi x.)
me mor y .
”Thebut l
erwast ake ninl onge nought o
-Tookadr inkwi thNe phe w–s ill
yme .Di dnot
getal i
ttletips y.Lat e rt hatni ght,Cadane me rge d
falldownt hes tairs,waspus he d.
He
re'swhatCor dul ac anadd:
-Some timeaf tert hemas terleftonhi sso-
calledt r i
p,Inot ic edt hats ome onehad
tornups ev erals he ets.Ther aggedhal fof
onewoundupi nt hel aundr y.
-Shor tl
yaf t
e rt hat,amai dv isit
ingt he
cellarf oundapi l
eofl inens tripsint he
dus tbins .The ywe repe rf
ectlygoodr ags,
ev e
ni ft he yc amef rom r uineds hee ts.
The rewe res omev eryol danddus t ystrips
wi t
ht he m.Thewhol epi l
ei sclean,f olded,
ands tor edi nt her ootc ell
arnow.
-“DanbySc ot t”hasbe env er ybus y,
das hingar ound,s cribblingi nledge rs,and
givingor de rst hathes houldn't.Hi s
right -
handmani sat roubl esomeand
violents ervantc alledKe nanGundr y —
he '
sf rom agoodf ami ly,buthe '
sabad
egg.Ke nanhasmadehi ms e l
fs c
arc esince
theMas ter'sde mi se,buthe 'strie
dt oge t
he r
eaf ewt ime ss ince.Heme anst of orce
hisi nte nti
onsonme .
shi
pme nt
st otheest
atearer ec
eived.The
SCENE5–ONTHEGROUNDS buil
dingiske ptloc
kedthes edays,butthe
inv
estigat
or scangetkeysfrom ForrestRic
kar
d
About40ac resofgrounds( lawns ,garde ns ,and orDr.Mar kel
ey(DanbySc otthasake yaswel
l,
ponds )s urroundBos cadwi th.Be yondt hatl i
e buthewi llfi
ndane xcus
enott ogi vethemtot
he
mor et han300ac resoff ields ,me adows , part
y).
pasture s,andwoodl ands .Thi slarge rare aalso
include saquar ryandanabandone dmi ne .The Thebui l
ding'
spl ankdoorope nst orevealasingl
e
investigatorscanqui cklye xpl oret he40ac r esof room withanunpai nte
dwoode nfloorandope n
groundsandt heoutbui ldingsont he m.I tisa rafte
rsoverhead.Thes mal l
,diamond- paned
muc hhar derandl onge rjobt oexpl oret hewhol e windowsi nthepl acedon'tadmi tmuc hli
ght,but
estate,andt hegr oupc oul de asilyge tlostout there'
satrioofbi gskyli
ghtsandani mpress
ive
there.I nanyc ase,onlyt hegr oundsandt he arrayofgaslightfixtur
es.
abandone dmi nehav eanyr elevanc etot hec ase.
Thef ollowings cenespr ov i
det hede tails. Ther oom cont ai
nsal ongwor kbe nchunde re ach
skylight,plusamas si
v erackoft oolshol ding
every thingfrom hamme r
sands aws ,rakesand
SCENE5B–THEWORKSHOP shov els,ande venwhi skbr oomsandar ti
st's
paint brushes.The re
'salsoananv i
landaf or ge
Thisone -s
torybuildingonc ehous edfarm madeofbr ic
k.Onee ndoft her oom hasapai rof
equipme ntandaf or ge.SirMaxt ont urneditint
o wides li
dingdoor s.Abl ockandt acklemount ed
awor ks hopf orcatalogingandpr eserv
inghis onar ailhangsbe foreeac hdoor .Ther ailse xtend
collectionofantiquities,andals ointothe outsideov e
rt hedoorsandal lthewayov erthe
receivings tat
ionforany t
hings hippedt othe wor kbe nches.
estate( everyt
hingf r
om haybal esands hinglest
o
Egy ptianmummi es).Thepl aceisoneandahal f Anas sort
mentofwoodenc rat
es,somebig
storieshighandbui ltintoahi l
lside.Ont helower e
n oughtoholdasof
a,i
ss t
acked bef
orethe
side,thes lopeisar aiseddoc kwhe reall s
lidi
ngdoors.Thepl
aceisotherwise
immac ulate,e xceptf ors omet oolsandbi tsof Scene5D) .Thes tolenant iquitie shav ebe en
me tall eftne art hef or geandac oilofpi t
ch-soake
ds ealedi nwat erti
ghtc hests.
ropeononeoft hebe nc he s.
Clue :Thef orge.
Obs er vationRound:
LeadA:The reisnos tackoff ue lonhand,
3Cl ue s sugge stingt hatthef or gehasnotbe enus edf or
somet ime .
Obs er vationDi ffi
c ulty—5De mandi ng Re sult:Fal se:Thef or geisgas -
f ed.
LeadB:Lumpsofc har redc lothi nt hef or ge
Clue :Bl ocksandTac kl es sugge stitwasus edt ode stroys ome thing.
Re sult:Tr ue.Themi s creant strie dtobur nupt he
LeadA:The s eitemshav emor el i
ftingc apaci
ty knot tedc lothus edtos trangleSi rMaxt oni nt he
thate stat ewoul dl egitimat elyne ed. forge .Thehar dknot si nt hec lot hdidnot
Re sult:Fal se.Thebl oc ksandt acklesar enot compl etelybur n.
typical,butwoul dge tpl e ntyofday -to-dayus e, Le adC:At wistedbi tofi rons ugge stsanankh.
espe ciallygiv enSi rMaxt onGot shalk'soddhobby .Re sult:Fal se.Thei temi swhatr emai nsofas hoe
LeadB:Si rMaxt onGot shalkmi ghthav ebeen thatoneoft hee stat
e 'shor sest hr ew.I twasbadl y
hange df rom abl oc kandt ackl
e . damage d,butt hes t
af fke ptitinc asei tc ouldbe
Re sult:Fal se.Si rMaxt onwass t
rangl ed,not reshape d.
hange d.
LeadC:Ahe av ybl ockandt ackle,wi thitschain Fol lowi ngLe ads:
andc argohook,c ouldhav ecaus edt hewoundson
SirMaxt onGot shal k'sbody . Thel e adshe rege ner allyconf irm whatt he
Re sult:Tr ue .Ke nanGundr yus e
dabl ockand inves ti
gat orsalreadyknowf rom Dr .Mar keley ,
tacklet os tunSi rMaxt on. orans we rsomeque stionsMar ke l
eyl eftope n.
Cl
ue:Toolr
acks
.
SCENE5C-FOOTPRINTI
NTHE
Le adA:Se v eraldiffere ntt oolsf rom t her ackmi ght GARDEN
hav ebe enus edt okillSi rMaxt onGot shal k.
Re sul t:Fal se:Themur de rwe aponswe reabl oc k I fthei nv est
igatorshav eque sti
one dthes taff,
andt ac kleandaknot tedc loth. they'vehe ar dthatamy s teriousvisit
orhasc ome
Le adB:Se v eralrake sands hov e l
sar ebe ntor tothehous eseveralnight sr ecently
.Thi sintrude r
broke n,al lint hesamemanne randabouti nt he l ef
taf ootprintinoneoft hegar dens,andi t'ssti
ll
samepl aceone acht ool .The ymus thav eal lbe en t heref orthei nv es
tigator stos e
e .
broke nr ec ently,andpe rhapst he yallwe rebr oke n
agai ns tthes ameuny ie ldingobj ec t. Bos cadwi th’swe l
l-mani cur edlawnsgi v
ewayt o
Re sul t:Fal se.Thedamaget othe s eimpl eme nts e qual lyimmac ulategar de nsinmanypl ac
e sont he
happe ne dt hi spasts pr ingwhe nt hee s tate'sdr i
v e grounds .Thegar de nsne art hekitche ns,whe re
wasr epav ed.Onewor ke r(Ke nanGundr y,inf act)t hes taffhaspl antedhe r bsandv egetables,aren't
wasi ne ptandi mpat i
e ntandi nc l
ine dt omi sus e aswe llkeptast hef l
owe rgar dens.Inoneoft hem,
tools .Thet ool shavenotbe enr e place dorr e pai redjustaf ewpac esfrom aki tchendoor ,ade e pand
be caus et heyhav enotbe enne e de d. mis shape nf ootpri
ntl i
esi npl ainv i
ew.
Le adC:As ec ti
onoft ool s,inc l
udi ngs omewoode n
mal le t
s ,woode nwe dge s ,kni ves,andt ongsbe ar Obs erv ati
onRound:
trace soff r eshpi t
ch,s ugge s t
ingt hats ome thi ng
hasr ec entlybe enc aul ke d. 3Cl ue s
Re sul t:Tr ue.Thec oiloft arredr opei st hec aul k.
DanbySc otthass ecre tedt hec hoi cesti t
e mshehasObs erv ati
onDi fficult
y—5De manding
pilfere di nthef l
oode dmi neont hee st ate( see
Cl
ue:Thef
oot
pri
nt'
sde
pth. LeadC:The r
earenoprint
slef
tfrom someone
(orsomethi
ng)movingawayfrom t
hehous e.
Le adA:What everl ef
tthepr i
ntmus thave Result
:Fals
e.Onlythedeeppri
ntiseasytosee,
we ighed1 8s toneormor etol eaves uc hade ep buttherear
eotherpri
ntsobsc
uredbyt hegar
den
print. fol
iage
.
Re sult:False.Thegr oundhe reiswe llwee ded
andv erysoft.Any onewal kinghe rewoul dhav e Fol
lowi
ngLe
ads
:
leftade eppr int.
Le adB:What everl e
ftthepr i
ntmus thave Iftheinvest
igat
or sexami net het railheadwhe re
bee nus i
ngl ong,l eapings tri
de sandmov ing thelineofprint
sl ead,theyc anat te mpta
ver yquickly. Demandi ng(5)Obs erv
ationSki l
lRol lt
onotice
Re sult:False.Qui ckmov eme ntt hrought he shall
owwhe elr
utsandt heoc cas i
onalhor seshoe
bedwoul dhav edonec onsider abledamaget o hereandt hereinthepac kedt r
ai l
.Thet r
aill
eads
thepl ants,andt he re'snos uchdamage tothefloodedmi ne( Scene5D) .Sc ottandhis
evide nt. mis c
reantsusedaponyandc arttohaulgoodst o
Le adC:Thewal ke rmus thav ebe enmov ing themi neands i
nkt he mint hef loode dmi ne.
ver yslowlytos inks ode eplyi ntot hegar de n
bed.
Re sult:True.Ke nanGundr ywasmov i
ngi nthe
dar kandal sot ryingt oremai nv eryqui et
.He
puthi sfeetdownc are f
ull
yandde liberatelyput
allhiswe ightov erhi sfootonc ehehadi t
plante dinthebe d.
Cl
ue:Thef
oot
pri
nt'
sshape
.
LeadA:Noc reatureknownt onatur ec ould

havel ef
tapr intl i
kethat.
Resul t
:False:Thepr i
ntisfrom ahumanwi th
wrappe dfeet . SCENE5D–THEMI
NE
LeadB:The rear enomar ksfrom toe s,claws,
orhoov es;the re
forethefootmus thav ebe en Thei nvestigatorsmightwi shtov i
sitthisspot
wrappe dors hod. afte
rs peaki ngwithDr .Mar kel
ey,after
Resul t
:True .Ke nanGundr ywaswe aring discoveringt hatsome onehasbe enc aulki
ngi n
heav ybootswr appe dinrags. thewor ks hop( Scene5B),orbyf oll
owi ngthec ar
t
LeadC:The“ print”seemstobej us tas hallow tracksfrom t hevegetablegarden(Sc ene5C) .
holeint hegar denbe d.
Resul t
:False.The reiscompac te
ddi rtatt he Thetrail
,withi
tst r
acesofwheelrutsandhoof
bottom ofthe“ hol e,
”suggesti
ngapr i
nt. pri
nts,windshighintothehil
lsabove
Boscadwith.Despit
etheincr
easingalt
itude,t
ree
s
Cl
ue:Thef
oot
pri
nt'
sdi
rec
tion. andridgessoons c
reenthehousefrom view.
LeadA:Thepr i
ntseemst ohav enof rontor Afteras omewhattedi
ousc l
imb,thetraille
adsto
back. aflatareabackedbyawoode dhil
lri
singov era
Result
:False.Thede press
ionisde eperatone poolofs apphi
rewater.Thereisamoss -
c over
ed
end,suggest
ingat oediggingin. hutatt heedgeofthepool.Awi s
pofsmoke
LeadB:The re'
sal i
neofpr int
sl e
adingf rom is
sue sfrom t
hechimne y.Densethi
cketsoftrees,
thegardentothewoodl andt r
ailbe y
ond. fer
ns ,andbramblessurroundthepoolandhut .
Result
:True.Onl ythedeeppr intiseasyt os
ee,
butthereareotherpr i
ntsobscuredbyt he DanbySc
otthass
tati
onedKenanGundryandat
gardenfol
iage. l
eastt
woothermis
creant
s(s
eetheThre
atMe t
er)
he ret osaf eguardthet r
e asur eshehidi nthe speakunles
sheknowstheji
gisup(
see
floode dmi neshaft.Unles sthei nvest
igatorst
ravel Concludi
ngtheAdvent
ure)
.
he reatni ghtandwi thoutl ight( ahazardousand
diffi
c ultunde r
taking),Gundr yandhi s SCENE6–THEPSYCHI
C
conf ede ratesseethe mc limbi ngt hetr
ailtoward
themi ne .Gundr ymake sas howofc hoppingwood
Atsomepoi ntwhe nt hei nvestigator sar eat
inf rontoft hehut,andt heot he r
shideint he
Boscadwith( orpe rhapswhi let hei nv e s
tigators
woods .Gundr yattempt st omi sdirec
tthepar t
y
arestil
linCot telifthe ylingert herel ong)Mr s.
awayf rom t hemi ne—notbe causehei sgoodat
LeonaHol lingbur ys eekst hem out .Asnot ed
fastt alk,butbe causehei simi tati
nghisne wboss.
earl
ier,Mrs .Hol l
ingbur ypracticess pirituali
sm
andbe li
eveshe rselfps ychicall
ys ens itive.Leona
Gundr yclaimsthathehasbe e
ns t
ati
onedhe reto
isconvincedt hatamal e volents piritt ookSi r
keepany onef r
om tryingtoswimi nt
hepool ,
Maxt on'
slifeandt hatt hisspiritstilll urksat
whichhasdange rousl
ys t
eepanduns t
ablesides
.
Boscadwith.I nas e nse,s he'
sc or r
ec t.Danby
That'str
ue ,sofarasitgoes.Local
sdotrytos wi
m
Scotthasple ntyofmal e vole
nc ei nhi m andhe
herefrom timet otimeandi ti
sv e
rydangerous.
hasn'tfi
nishe dhismi schiefatBos cadwi th.
Scottdoesnotc areaboutthat,hejus
twants
Leonaar ri
ve satthee state(orwhe ne vers he
peopletos tayawayf r
om theplacewherehehi d
decidestose ekoutt hegr oup)onhor sebac kand
hi
sloot .
dressedinar i
dinghabi t.
Gundr ytriest omakes mal lt
alkforafewmi nute
s
Thef ol
lowingt extas
sume sthatLe ona
beforesignalingforanat tack(heiswilli
ngt olet
approachesthegr oupout doors.Adj ust
thegroupl eav esolongast heydos oqui c
kl y).
accordi
nglyifs heme etst
hegr oupsi ndoors.
Gundr yandt hetwope oplealway suphe rewi th
him areBl udge rs
.Gundr yholdsanaxe ,butwi el
ds
It
’salsopossiblethattheinvestigatorswil
lwish
itasac l
ub.Hi stwoc ompanionsgai ncombat
toque s
tionLe onaathe rhome .I nthatcase
,
advantage( 3di ce)whent heyfir
steme rgef rom
Leoname et
sthe m onther oadbe foretheyget
cover.IfGundr yalr
eadyhasbe enkil
led,c aptured,
halfwaythere.
ordrivenof f,aNobbl ertakesGundr y’
spl ace .
Thebr iskc loppingofs teel
-s hodhoov eshitti
ng
Iftheinv e
stigat
orsovercomet herepr obates
,they
thec obbl espr ecede sahor s ewomanc l
adi na
canse archthehut .I
nside,theyfi
ndbe ddingand
bluer i
dinghabi tandt ophat .Sher ides
suppliesforthreeme n,ac onsi
derablequant i
tyof
side saddle,buts eemst oc ont rolhe rmountwi th
beerandl iquor,twograppl i
nghookst iedtolong
eas e.Af il
mybl ackv e ilcasc ade sf r
om t hehatand
ropes,andapai rofmuddyboot swr appe din
fallspas tthewoman’ swai st.Whe ns hec atc
he s
severallayer
sofe venmor emuddyc loth.
sightofy ou,s heur ge she rhor set oaqui c ktr
ot,
be aringdownony oui naf l
ur ryofhoov esand
Gundr yhaswor nt hewr appe dboot sdur inghi s
flyingdr ape ry,andf inal lys kiddi ngt oahal tnot
noc t
urnalpr owlsar oundt hehous e;t hewr appi ngs
anar m’sl e
ngt haway .
servetobot hsilencehi sstepsandt odi sguis
ehi s
footprints.The seboot smadet hepr intsde scribed
Le onabe ginshar angui ngt hegr oupt hemome nt
inSc ene5C.
shec anmakehe rselfhe ard.Out door s,thatis
aboutahe ar t
beataf tert her i
ngi ng“ clop”he r
Ifthegr oupdr agsthepoolwi ththegr apples,they
hor se ’
shoov esmake .Shemake st hef oll
owing
canr ecove rthre ewatertightche s
tss tuffedwi th
stateme nts:
valuableant iquitie
s ,i
nc l
udingal lthei temsf rom
SirMaxt on' sli
s t(s
e eSc e
ne4E) .
-SirMaxt onwasawonde rf
ulman,buthehad
noappr eci
ationf ort hepas t—ol dwr ongs
Ifthepar tyc apturesGundr y,her emai nss ull
e n
neverc ant rulybef orgot ten!
andr eticent.Heki lledSirMaxt on,andwon' t
-Howdi dIknowy ouwe r
ehere?Ihavet
he li
stshowsamy st
eri
ousdecli
neinsever
alit
ems
sight! fr
om SirMaxton’
scoll
ect
ion(provi
dedthat
-Thosedus t
yoldfuneraryobj
ects
,and groupplant
stheide
aintothatponder
ousbrai
n).
especiallyt
hos ecor
pses,wer
eSir
Maxt on’sde at
h. CadanRowe ’se
videncethatDanbySc otti
sin
-The r
ei sahunge rabroadandwalki
ng fac
tDar byGots
halk.
amongs tus.SirMaxton’
sdeathhasnot Oatesfindst
hedoubleidenti
tyscandalousand
satedit! suspi
cious.
Inaddi t
iont oherps y
c hi
cpr onounc ements, Theblockandt ac
kleinthewor ks
hop,al
ongwith
Leonaknowse v
erythingthel ocalsknow( see Dr.Mar ke
ley’
sassessmentofthecaus
eofdeath.
Scene3D) ,andwhatt heBos cadwi t
hs e
rvants Oate
sc annotresi
sttheunusualmurderweapon.
know( Sce ne4B).Ifque s
tione dabouthe r
rel
ationshi pwit
hSi rMaxt on,Le onarepli
es KenanGundr y
,c apt uredalive.
thattheywe r
eindeeds wee tone achother,but Theinv es
t i
gatorsmi ghtdot hisatthefloode d
sheinsiststhatwasnoti mpr ope r,s
oulsbeing mine( Scene5D) .Ordur i
ngt henightwal kers
eter
nalandage le
ss. inci
dent( seetheThr eatMe t
er).I
fque stionedor
int
imidate d,Gundr ycanr eadilybepe r
s uade dor
Atsomepoi nt,Le onawi l
lsugge sthol dinga tri
ckedint oreve al
ingt hatDanbySc ot
tor dered
séanceatBos cadwi th.Preferablyi nther oom himt okillSirMaxt on( opposedPe rce
pt ion,
whe retheunwr appingtookpl ace.Shei nsi
st, Me
s nace,orChar mr ollswoul dbeinor de rhe r
e).
howe ver,thatthe“ ethere
alv ibrations”wi l
lnot
berightt oall
ows uccessforthr eeorf ourdays. KenanGundr y
’sbandage -wrappe dboot s( f
rom
Byt hattime,DanbySc ottlikelywi llhavefled Sc ene5D) .
orbe enar r
ested,orbot h. Anyoft hes ervantsatBos cadwithcani nde nti
fy
thebootsasGundr y ’
s.The yfi
tGundr y.Al so,the
invest
igatorscane as il
ys howt hattheboot s
CONCLUDI NGTHEADVENTURE mat c
ht hepr i
nt sfrom Sc ene5C.
Evenaf terthei nvesti

gatorsconc l
udet hatDanby Thethreewat ert
ightc he
stsstuff
edwith
ScottandKe nanGundr ywe reinvol v
edi nSi r val
uableantiquit
ie s(f
rom Scene5D).
Maxt on’sdeat h,thepairli
ke l
ywi llescapeunl ess EvenOate scanre adil
ycompr ehendthatthes
e
thepar t
yc anc onv i
nceCons tabl
eOat estoar res
t it
emswe restolenandhi ddeni nthewater.Asthe
atleastoneoft hem.Ifthegr ouphaspus hedthe onlyot
herpe rsonatBos cadwithwhoknows
ThreatMe terallthewayt oTheEndgame ,t
hatis anti
qui
ties,thi
snat ur
all
ythrowss us
pici
onont o
notdi f
fi
c ul
t—t hec onst
ablec er
tainlywi l
lwi shto DanbySc ott
.
knowwhe r
eSc ot
tandhi sreprobat eswe re
headingi nawagonf r
om thee state.The
disc
ov eryoft hreec hes
tsfullofrareant iquiti
es
insi
dewi llcinc hthemat te
r. AFTERTHEARREST
Iftheinvest
igatorswishtomakeanac cusati
on As earchofDanbySc ott’
sr oom atBos cadwit h
sooner,they’
llneedtos howOat essome (unthinkabletotheVi ctorianmi ndbe f
orean
convincingevidence.Thethingsthatwould arrest)
,reveal
se i
therSc ott’shalf-f
inished( and
carrythemos twe i
ghtwi t
hOat esareshown forged)ledger
sort her emnant softhe mi nt he
below.Ifthepar t
ycanpr esentanyfourofthem fir
eplace.Theintactforge ri
e sareenought oge t
toOat es
,thec onst
ablewi l
lmakeanar res
t . Scottalongpr is
ons ente ncef ortheftand
embe zzl
eme nt.Evidencef rom Ke nanGundr y(or
Theli
stofantiqui
ti
e sSi
rMaxtongaveCadan hisfell
owr eprobates
)i se noughf orac hargeof
Rowe. mur derorac c
e s
soryt omur de r
.
EvenOates’ponderousbrai
ncaninf
erthatt
he
THE ADVENTURE OF THE
Na
vyTr
eat
y
Adapted By Bryce Whitacre
THECRI
ME
AnneHar rison’sbrotherisJosephHar r
ison.
Jose phac c ompani edAnneasac hape roneathe r
stayi nBr airbrae.Jos e
phwast ryingtomakea
livi
ngons tocksinLondonanddoi ngami serable
jobwi thit.Heof t
e nwoul dtravelhomebyt r
ain
wi t
hPe rcyaf te
radayi nLondon.Onepar t
icular
day ,name lythenightoft hecrime ,Joseph
learne dthathi sstockshadf i
nallybot tome dout
leavinghi m de sti
tute.Hewashopi ngmay be
Pe r
c ywoul dloanhi ms omec apitaltoinve s
t.
Whe nPe r
c ydidn’tshowatt het r
ains tati
on,
Jose phc or rect
lyassume dhehadbe enforcedto
wor kl ateandde ci
de dtotravelbyc abt othe
For eignOf fi
ceandbe ginthepr ocessofc harmi ng
Pe r
c youtofs omemone y
.
Me anwhi
lePer
cyhadbeenwor kinglat
eon
copyingt
heNavalTr
eaty.Aft
eraf e
whoursof
wor khef
oundhimsel
fexhaustedandrungfor
44 THE ADVENTURE OF THE NAVY TREATY
thecommi ssi
onair
etobringhims omec of
fee
. s
eei
nghe rbeauwor
sen,hi
redani
ghtnur
set
o
Ac ur
iousthinghappened,howe ver.An c
areforhim whe
nshewasunabl
e.
unknownwomanans wer
e dthebellsummons ,
andintroducedherse
lfasthewifeoft he Thusfort
hepas tt
hreeweeks,Josephhasnot
commi ssi
onair
eandt heladythatdoe st
he hadanopportunit
ytoretr
ievethetreat
y.The
charr
ing.Shesaidshewoul dretr
ievethecoff
ee documentsoimportantt
oPe rcyPhelpsishi
dde
n
forMr.Phe l
ps. notmorethantwentyfee
tfrom him.
Aftert rans cri

bingt womor ear ti
cles ,Pe r
cys t
il
l
hadnoc of f
ee.Hede cide dtode scendt he ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND
staircaset ode terminet hede lay.Asher eached
thebot tom oft hes tairs,Jos ephar r ivedus ing
Re adingt heAdv e
nt ureoft heNav alTreatyisvery
thes idedoorf rom Char lesStr e
e tandwe ntup
he l
pfult or unningt hisadv e nture.Ofc ourse,
toPe r c
y ’soffi
ce.Se eingnoonei nt her oom,
hav i
ngpl ayersthathav ene v erreadt hestoryof
Jose phde cidedt oringf ors ervantst hatwould
theNav alTr eat
yi se v
e nmor eimpor tantasit
knowt hewhe re aboutsofMr .Phe lps .Ass oon
foll
owst hes tor
yc losely.Thet imef rameofPe rcy
ashet ugge dthebe l
l,hi se y
ess awt hedoc u-
Phe l
ps ’br ainfe
v erhasbe ens hortenedtomaket he
me ntont hede sk.Jos eph'sabi l
ityt or eadand
storys l
ight lymorebe l
iev able.Thet eam of
wr i
teFr enchal l
owe dhi mt oqui cklyde termine
investigator smayf indt hate venwi ththreewe e
ks ,
thec ont entsoft hedoc ume ntandi tswor th–i f
insteadofni newe eks,t hei deat hatJos eph
soldt oi nterest
e dpar ties.Hegr abbe dthe
couldn’ thav eretr
ie vedt het reatyimpl ausibl
e.
doc ume ntandmadef orthes idedoor .Percy
He rear eaf e wgoodr e asons :
returne dt ohisof fi
cet of indt hedoc ume nt
mi ssing.
-Unl i
kemode rntimesservantst affi salways
around,e s
pe c
iallyonthegroundf loor .Jos eph
Jos eph' se scapewasc ompl i
cat edbyt hel as t
Har r
isonwoul ds urel
ybes eengoingi ntoan
traint oWoki ng.Pe rcywass ur etobeoni t.He
unattendedbe droom ofPe r
cyPhe lpsandt hat
donne dahat ,stuc khi sf acei nane ws pape r,
wouldber epor ted.
andf ashi one dhi ms e l
fadi sgui se.Sittingi nt he
firstc ar,hemadef ur tivegl anc esforPe rcy.As
-Pe r
cyissos ickheonlyleavest her oom touse
luckwoul dhav ei tPe rcys ati nar earc ar,
thewat ercl
ose t.
agitat edandne rv ouswi tht hel ossoft he
treaty .Ass oonast het rai nre ache dWoki ng,
-Ani ghtnur seisonconstantvigi ldur ingthe
Jos ephHar risonbol te dforBr airbrae .Pe rcy
nighthour s
.
Phe lpss teppe dof fthet rainandhadane rv ous
bre akdown.
-Annewat chesoverPercyduringt heday ,
beingthemos tde v
otedlovethatshei s.Whi le
Br airbr aehadauni ques etupf orgue stsofl ate.
Josephne edst hemone yheisde t
er mi ne dt okeep
Pe rcy’spar entswe rehav ingt heups tairsr ooms
Anne ’
snameoutofanys candal.Hel ove shis
redonewhi lethe ytr av el
e d.Ass uch,Jos eph’ s
sist
er.
be droom wasoneoft heunus e dpar l
or s
downs tairs.Whe nJos ephar riv e
d,hehi dt he
treatybe ne athal oos efloor boar dunde rar ug.
Hef ullyi ntende dt or e tr
ie vethedoc ume ntand
sellitt ot hehi ghe stbi dde ri nt hemor ni ng.
Howe ve r,whe nt hec ons tablebr oughtPe rc y
homef rom hi sne rvousbr eakdown,Anne
de cide dt hatJos e phs houl ds wi t
chr oomswi th
Pe rcy.Thatway ,Pe rcywoul dnothav et o
asc endt hes tair
s .Thene xtday ,Anne ,upon
THE ADVENTURE OF THE NAVY TREATY 45
career.
THETHREATMETER
There is no use writing of the
1.Eachdaypas sesandthemadde ningprospec
t details of that dreadful event. In
thatJosephHar ri
son’
stickettowe alt
hisjusta the event of your acceding to my
shortdis
tanceawaymake shim muc hmor e request, it is probable that I shall
resol
vedt ose
et hi
ngsthrough.Giv eJosephan have to narrate them to you. I have
additi
onalthreepoint
sofRe solv
e. only just recovered from three weeks
of brain-fever, and am still
2.Thef rustrationofbe i
ngunabl et oge ttot he exceedingly weak. Do you think that
Nav alTr eatyc onvincesJos e
pht hatbol de rand you could bring your friend Mr.
mor ev iolentac ti
onsmaybene cessaryt or e
t r
ieve Holmes down to see me? I should like
thedoc ume nt.Hee xc
hange shi skni fewi tha to have his opinion of the case,
revolv e
r . although the authorities assure me
that nothing more can be done. Do try
3.Jos eph’ smadne s
sdr i
v e
shi mf urthe rt ose ei
ng to bring him down, and as soon as
thec rimedone .Hehi reslocalbl udge r sf r
om possible. Every minute seems an hour
Woki ngt ohe l
phi m.Thenumbe rofbl udge rsis while I live in this state of
equalt ohal fthenumbe rofi nve sti
gat or s(rounde d horrible suspense. Assure him that if
up). I have not asked his advice sooner;
it was not because I did not
4.Thec as eturnsagainstthei nv esti
gat or s.Rolled appreciate his talents, but because I
resultsofShe rlockontheShe rlockDi enol onge r have been off my head ever since the
haveanye ff
e c
t. blow fell. Now I am clear again,
though I dare not think of it too
Endgame–Jos ephHar risonc annol onge rwai t
. much for fear of a relapse.
Dayorni ght,hei mme diatel
yhe adsf ort he
bedr oom t or e
tr i
evetheNav alTr eatywi thhi s Your old school-fellow,
bludge rs.
PERCY PHELPS.
SCENE1
:ATBAKERSTREET
AShe
rloc
kMome
nt
Dr.Watsonme e
tsthei
nve
s t
igat
orsint
he
morning.Heshowsthe
mt helet
terher
ece
ive
d Ifanyinvesti
gatorcanmakeanObs ervati
on
f
rom PercyPhel
ps: (Things)Skil
lRollonthelett
erataHer oi
c(6)
Diff
icul
ty,thati
nv e
sti
gatorcanreas
onably
Thel
ett
err
eads
: surmisethelett
erwaswr it
tenbyawoman.
MY DEAR WATSON,--
Watsoni stoobus ywi thhispr acti
cet omaket he
I have no doubt that you can remember t
rip,butheur gesthepartyt ogo.I faskedwhyt he
"Tadpole" Phelps, who was in the noteme ntions Sherloc
k ,Wa tson says,“Percy
fifth form when you were in the workslonghour sattheFor eignOf fice.Iti
s
third. It is possible even that you enti
relypo s
s i
b l
e t
hat hemi ssed the news about
may have heard that through my t
hede athofmyf riend.”Wat sont henpr ovidesthe
uncle's influence I obtained a good i
nv es
tigatorswithal ett
erofi ntroduc t
ionthatwi l
l
appointment at the Foreign Office, vouch fortheircharacterand their dis
c r
eti
o n.
and that I was in a situation of
trust and honour until a horrible RESOLVEAWARD:Awar donepoi ntofRe solve
misfortune came suddenly to blast my toe achinv est
igatorfortakingt hec ase.
SCENE2:ARRI
VALATBRIARBRAE t heut
mostc
onf
idenc
einmyabi
li
tyandt
act
.
Thetraintri
ptoSurr eyiscompletely "Near
lyt
hreeweeksago,mor eaccurate
ly,the
uneventf
ul,exc
e ptf
oronei mpor t
antde tai
l. 23dofMay,hec
alledmei ntohispri
v at
er oom.I
Makes uretheinves
t i
gatorsknowi ttake
sjust wascompli
ment
edont hegoodwor kIhaddone ,
underanhourt oarrivefrom Londont othe andwasinf
ormedt hathehadane wc ommi ssi
on
est
ategroundsatBr air
brae.Thisisimpor t
ant oft
rustf
ormetoe xecute
.
inf
ormation.
"'
This ,
's aidLor dHol dhur st,taki ngagr eyr ollof
Uponr e achingWoki ng,t heinv est igator swi ll paper fro m hisb ure au, 'i
s t
h e o rigin al ofth at
ne edt oas kf ordi rect i
onst oBr air br ae.I ti s secrettre atybe twe e nEngl andandI talyofwhi ch,
justami leors of rom t het rain,sowal ki ngi s Iregret to s
ay ,some rumo ur sh a ve alrea dy
acc eptabl e.I ti sapl e asants umme rwal kt othe gotteni ntot hepubl i
cpr ess.I tisofe normous
estat egr ounds .Uponr e
ac hingt hegr ounds , impor tanc et hatnot hingf ur the rs houl dleakout .
thei nv e st
igat orsar eme tbyJos e phHar rison. Th eFre n ch or t
h e R uss ian emb a ssy w ou l
d pay
animme ns es um t ol ear nthec ont e nt softhe se
“Youmus tbet heas soc i
atesofDr .Wat son? papers .T h eysh ould no tleav e my b u reau w ereit
Mynamei sJos ephHar rison.Mys ist
e rAnni e nott hati tisabs olut elyne c
e ssar yt ohav et hem
ise ngage dt oPe rcyPhe lps.Fr i
ght fulbus iness c opied.Youhav eade ski ny ourof fice ?"
the re;poorc hapi sl aidup.Iam hopi ngy ou
canhe l
p.The yar ei nt hedowns tai rspar lor "'
Ye s
,s ir.'
thati ss e r
v i
ngasabe droom. ”
"'
The nt aket het r
e atyandl oc ki tupt he re.Ishal l
Ifthei nv estigatorsas kwhyt hepar lori sa givedir ectionst haty oumayr emai nbe hind
be droom,Jos ephr espondswi t
h,“ We l
l,Pe rcy’
s w hen the o thers go ,so th aty ou ma y copy itat
folksar er edoi ngmanyoft heups tairsr ooms . y ourle isur ewi t
houtf earofbe i
ngov e rl
ooke d.
Thes par epar lorbe camemymake s hif
t Wh en y ou have fi
n ish ed ,lock b oth th eorig i
nal
be droom,butnowt hatMr .Phe lpsi ssol aid andt hedr aftint hede s k,andhandt he m ov ert o
up,Is wi tche dr oomswi thhi m.Hehast he mepe rsonal ly.'
downs tairsbe dr oom. ”
"Idide xac t
lywhathei ndi cate d,andwai t
e dunt i
l
Se rvants taffwi llshowt hei nv estigat orsi nt o theo t
h er c l
erk sha d d ep art
e d .O n e of them in my
thebe dr oom.Lay ingont hes ofai sPe rcy room,Char lesGor ot,hads omear re arsofwor k
Phe l
psbe ingl ooke daf terbyhi sbr ide -to- be tomakeup,s oIl ef thimt he reandwe ntoutt o
AnneHar r i
son. dine.Wh en I re
t urn ed h ew a s go ne .I w as
anxioust ohur r
ymywor k,forIkne wt hat
"Iwon' twas tey ourt ime ,"saidhe ,r aising Joseph —t heMr .Ha rriso nw h om y ou sawj ust
hims elfupont hes of a."I'l
lplungei ntot he now—wasi nt own,andt hathewoul dt rave l
mat terwi thoutf urthe rpr eambl e .Iwasa downt oWoki ngbyt hee l
eve n- o'cloc kt r
ain.I f
happyands uc cessfulman,andont hee v eof possible, I wa nted to ca tch itw ith h im.
be ingmar ri
e d,whe nas udde nanddr eadf ul
mi sfor tunewr eckedal lmypr ospe ctsinl ife. "Whe nIc amet oe xami net het reatyIs awat
oncet hati twasofs uc hi mpor tanc et hatmy
"Iwasi nt heFor eignOf fice,andt hr ought he unclehadbe e ngui ltyofnoe xagge r at i
oni nwhat
influe nc esofmyunc le,Lor dHol dhur st,Ir ose he had sa id.Wi th ou tg oing in to de tails,Ima ys ay
rapi dlyt oar espons iblepos iti
on.Whe nmy thatitde fine dthepos itionofGr eatBr i
tain
unc lebe camef or eignmi nisterint hi s toward s th eT ri
p l
e A lli
a n ce,a nd f
o re -shad owe d
admi nis tr
ationhegav emes everalmi ssionsof t hepol icywhi cht hisc ount r ywoul dpur suei nthe
trus t,andasIal way sbr oughtt he mt oa eventoft heFr enchf lee tgai ningac ompl ete
suc ce s
s fulconc lusion,hec ameatl as ttohav e ascend an cy ov e
r th at of It
aly i
n the
Me di
terranean.Thequest
ionstre
atedinitwe r
e
purel
ynav al.Attheendwerethesignatur
e sof
thehighdi gni
tari
eswhohads i
gnedit.Iglance
d
mye yesov eri
t,andthenset
tl
eddownt omy
tas
kofc opy i
ng.
"Itwasal ongdoc ume nt,wr it

te nint heFr e nch
language,andc ontainingtwe nt y-si
xs epar ate
arti
cles.Icopiedasqui cklyasIc ould,butat
nineo'clockIhadonl ydoneni near tic
les,andi t
seeme dhope l
essformet oat temptt ocatchmy
trai
n.Iwasf eeli
ngdr ows yands t
upi d,par tl
y
from mydi nnerandal sofrom t hee ffe
ctsofa
longday '
swor k.Ac upofc of f
eewoul dc learmy "Iti
soft heut mostimpor tancet hatyous hould
brain.Ac ommi ssi
onai reremai nsal lnighti na notic
et hispoint.Iwe ntdownt hes t
airsandi nto
lit
tl
elodgeatt hefootoft hes tairs,andi si nthe thehall,whe reIfoundt hec ommi s
sionairefast
habitofmaki ngcoffeeathi ss pirit
-lampf orany asle
epi nhi sbox,withtheke t
tleboili
ngf urious
ly
oftheof f
ici
alswhomaybewor kingov ertime .I upont hes pir
it-
lamp.It ookof ftheke t
tleand
rangthebe ll
,therefore,tos ummonhi m. blewoutt helamp,f orthewat erwass purting
overthef l
oor.The nIputoutmyhandandwas
"
Tomys urpri
se,itwasawomanwhoans we red abouttos haket heman,whowass ti
llsle
e ping
t
hesummons .Shewasal ar
ge,coarse-fac
e d, soundly,whe nabe lloverhishe adrangloudl y,
e
lde
rlywoman,i nanapr on.Shee xplai
nedt hat andhewokewi thas t
art.
s
hewasthecommi ss
ionaire'
swifewhodi dthe
c
harri
ng,andIgav ehertheor de
rf orthec of
fee. "'
Mr.Phelps
,sir
!'s
aidhe
,looki
ngatmei
n
bewi
lder
me nt.
"Iwr ot et womor ear tic
le s
,andt henf e elingmor e
drows yt hane v e
r ,Iroseandwal kedupand "
'Ic
amedownt
ose
eifmyc
off
eewasr
eady
.'
downt her oom t os tre
tchmyl egs.Myc offeehad
noty e tc ome ,andIwonde redwhatt hec aus eof "'Iwasboil
ingt
heke t
tlewhenIfel
lasl
eep,s
ir.
'
thede layc ouldbe .Ope ningthedoor ,Is tarted Hel ookedatmeandt henupatthest
il
lquive
ring
downt hec or r
idort ofindout .The rewasa be l
lwithaneve
r-gr
owi ngas
toni
shmentuponhi s
str
ai ghtpas sage,di mlyl i
t,whi c
hl edf rom t he face.
room i nwhi chIhadbe e nwor king,andwast he
onlye xitfrom i t
.I tende dinac urvings taircase
, "'
Ifyouwashe
re,s
ir,t
henwhor
angt
hebe
ll?
'he
witht hec ommi ssionaire'slodgeint hepas sage aske
d.
atthebot tom.Hal fwaydownt hisstai r
c aseisa
smal ll andi ng,wit hanot herpas s
ager unni ng "
'Thebe
ll!
'Ic
rie
d.'
Whatbe
lli
sit
?'
intoi tatr i
ghtangl e
s.Thi ssecondonel eadsby
me ansofas econds mal lstairtoas i
dedoor , "
'It
'st
hebe
lloft
her
oom y
ouwe
rewor
kingi
n.'
usedbys ervants,andal soasas hortc utby
clerkswhe nc omi ngf r
om Char l
esSt re e
t .He reis "Acoldhands eemedt ocloseroundmyhe art
.
aroughc hartoft heplac e." Some one,then,wasint hatroom whe remy
preci
oust reat
ylayupont het able
.Ir an
fr
anticall
yupt hestai
randal ongthepas sage .
Therewasnoonei nt hecorridors.The rewasno
oneint heroom.Al lwase xactl
yasIl eftit,save
onlythatthepape rswhichhadbe enc ommi tt
ed
tomyc ar
ehadbe e
nt akenfrom thede skon
whicht heylay.Thecopywast here,andt he
ori
ginalwasgone ."
Inve
stigat
orscannowaskPercyf
our
quest
ions.Foreve
ryse
toffourques
tionsaf
ter
thefi
rst,r
ais
etheThre
atMe te
r.
He
re’
swhatPe
rcyknows
:
Howlongwasitbet
wee
nle
avi
ngandr
e-
ent
eri
ngtheof
fic
e?
Iwoul
ds aysomewherebe
twee
nfi
veandt
en
minut
es.Probabl
ycl
osert
ote
n.
Wast
her
eany
onee
lsei
nthebui
ldi
ng?
Asi
defr
om t
hecommissi
onai
reandhi
swi
fe,
the
rewasnoonee
lseIknewof.
Arethereanyot
here
ntr
anc
est
othe
bui
lding?
Forbeswassurewehadourcul
pri
tandwe
Ther
eareonl
ytwo,t
hemai
nent
ranc
e,andt
he spri
ntedaft
erher.Wef
oundherinthekit
chen,
si
dedoor
. openingacabi
net.Howeve
r,wecouldnotfi
nd
thetr
e at
y.
Whatdi
dy oudowhe
nyous
awt
hatt
het
reat
y
wasmis
sing? Whatdi
dyoudowi
tht
her
estofy
our
e
veni
ng?
Iche cke dwi t
ht hec ommi ssi
onaireandas ked
himi fany onehadpas sedhim.Hes ai
donl yhis Iwasane rvouswr eck.Iboar de dthel asttraint o
wifeands hehadpas sedhim notmor et han Woki ngandt hatiswhe nmyne rv
esov ert
ookme .
fi
vemi nut esago.Is uggestedwegoaf te
rhe r Fort hef i
rsttimet hatev ening,t hehor r
orofmy
andhepr oteste
d.Ihadnotamome nttowai t sit
uat ionc amei ni tsfullforce.Hi the rt
oIhad
soIde mande dhi saddress.Hegav eittome .I beenac ti
ng,andac t
ionhadnumbe dt hought .I
thenr us hedout side.Itwasr ai
ning,andwhi le hadbe ens oconfidentofr egainingt het r
eat yat
Char l
e sSt ree
tisbus y,ev
eryonewass eeking oncet hatIhadnotdar edt ot hinkofwhatwoul d
cover.I twasunl ike l
yIwasgoi ngt ofinda bet hec onsequenc eifIf ail
e dtodos o.Butnow
witnes sthatc ouldpr ovesome onee nteredt he therewasnot hingmor et obedone ,andIhad
building.Ic alle
df oraconstablewho lei
sur et or eal
isemypos it
ion.I twashor ri
ble .
sugges tedhei nfor m Scotl
andYar dr i
ghtaway . We reWat sonhe re,hewoul dt ellyout hatIwasa
Thei ns pectorarriv edabouttenmi nutesaf ter, nerv ous ,sensiti
veboyats chool .I
ti smynat ur e
.I
anI nspe ctorFor be s
. thoughtofmyunc l
eandofhi sc oll
e aguesint he
Cabi ne t,ofthes hamewhi chIhadbr oughtupon
Whatdi
dFor
besdo? him,uponmy se
lf,upone ve r
yonec onne ct
edwi th
me .Ic oll
aps e
doutoft het rainandt hecons table
Hes ai
dnotamome ntwastobewas ted.The broughtmehome .
wif
ewast hebestl
e ads oweproceededtohe r
domi c
ile.Wearrivedt obegreet
edbyt he Youc animaginethes t
ateofthingsherewhen
daughterofthehous e.Sheletusin.Af ew theywe rerousedfrom t
heirbedsandf oundme
mome nt slat
ert
hemot herarri
ved.The inthisconditi
on.Itwasevidenttoallt
hatIwas
daughterwe ntt
ot hee ntr
ancetotellherthat inforalongi l
lnes
s,soJosephwasbundl e
dout
twome nhadar riv
e dt oseeher
.Shet hen ofthischeerybedroom,andi twasturnedint
oa
bolt
edf ortheki
tche ninthebackoft hehouse. sic
k-room forme .
Hisr
e asonf
orbei
ngonthees
tat
eist
oac
tasan
Duringt hiss ceneitisposs i
bleforthe es
cortforhi
sunwedsi
ste
r.
inves
tigator stoimpr ovethe i
rStatus.
Anyones howi ngac harit
ablec oncernfor RESOLVEAWARD:Awardeac
hinve
sti
gat
or
Percy’
si l
lne ssgainstwoCi r
clesofStatus. wit
hapoi
ntofRe
sol
veatt
heendoft
hescene
.
Anyinv estigatorthatpay sparticul
ar
concernandc ompas si
onf orAnneHar ri
son
als
ogai nsanaddi ti
onalCi rcl
eofSt atus.
SCENE3-THESCENEOFTHECRI
ME
Howdi
dyoume
etAnne
?
Thei nv e
stigatorst ravelbac kt oLondont ogat her
Ime twhil
ehe rmaki
ngthesoc
ialroundsin cluesandi nterviewwi tne ssesatt heFor ei
gn
London.Wehav eknowneachotherforsome Of f
icewhe rePe rcywor ks .The yar eme tbyt he
ti
me .ShehasnoideawhatIdofortheForei
gn commi ssi
onai reupone nteringt heof fi
ce.Onc e
Offi
ce.Ineverdi
scus
smywor kathome . thei nv esti
gator se xpl
aint he irpur pos ef orbe ing
the r
e ,het ake sonamor ehe lpfuldi spos it
ionand
AnneHar
ris
on wi l
las sistac c
or dingly.Heagr eest ogat her
any onewhowaspr es
entt heni ghtoft het heft,
Whats
heknows
: andwi llshowt hei nves ti
gator stoPe rcy '
sof f
ice
onc et heyhav efinishedwi t
ht hewi tnesses .
He rbrot
herdidn’
tar
rivebackatBrai
rbr
aeunti
l Summoni nghi swi feorChar lesGor oti snota
shortl
ybefor
ePe r
cydid,nearoneo'
cl
ockint
he probl em,Lor dHol dhur stisanot he rmat te r
mor ni
ng. altoge ther.Us et heRul eofFourwhe nallowi ng
thei nv esti
gator sac cesstot hewi tne sses.
Perc
ywasi nafri
ght
fulnerv
ousstuport
hatdi
d
notgetbe
tterf
oracoupleofwee
ks . Torequestaninterv
iewwi thLor dHol dhurst
re
quiresaChallengi
ng( 4)StatusRoll.Thisisdue
Usual
ly,Jos
ephandPer
cyr
idet
het
rai
nbac
k i
npar tt
ohi se
levati
ont oaLor d(despitemi ddl
e
f
rom Londontoge
the
r. cl
assearni
ngs)andpar tl
ybe causehei sverybusy
wit
hintheForeignOf f
ice.
He
rbr
othe
rinv
est
sins
toc
ks.
Lor
dHol
dhur
st
Jos
ephHar
ris
on
Whatheknows
:
Whatheknows
:
Nooneels
ewasint
her oom whe
nher
eque
ste
d
Hes ayshetookthe1 0:40trai
nbackhome( Thi
s t
hatPer
cycopyt
hetre
at y
.
isalie)
.Ani nves
tigatormakingarol
lto
dete
r mineifJosephislyi
ngwi l
lbeoppose
dby Hetol
dnooneofhi
spl
anst
ohav
ethec
opy
Joseph'st
hre edi
ce . made.
Ifquestione dabouthiswor k,hesayshedabbl es Hegavepre

cisei
nstruc
tionst
oPer
cyt
owaitunt
il
instocksfr om ti
met otime .I
faskedwhats t
ocks t
heotherc
lerksl
eftbef
orebegi
nni
ngwor
k.
heme nt i
onst heWe stf
ieldRailLine.Ifthisi
s
fol
lowe dupbyanyi nvestigat
orstheylear nt
he HehasnodoubtthathadFr anceorRussi
ahear
d
We stf
ieldRai lLinehasbe comewor thle
s sst
ock oft
heTreat
y’sc
ontentstheywouldhave
almostov er ni
ght,poormanage me ntwillnever undoubt
edl
ymadet heirfi
ndingspubl
icbynow.
seether ailmat e
rial
ize
.
Char
lesGor
ot
AShe
rloc
kMome
nt
Whatheknows
:
Anyinve s
tigatorcanat t
emptan
Observati
onSki llRollataDe mandi
ng(5)
Hewasint
heoff
icewhenPer
cyste
ppedoutf
or
Diff
icul
tytos eethatLor dHoldhurs
t'
s
di
nner
.Heneve
re ve
nsawthetr
eaty.
shoeshavebe enr esol
ed.Thisisacl
ear
i
ndicati
onhei shavingtroubl
e
Heinquir
edofMr .PhelpsastowhyLor d
maintaini
ngt helife
s t
yleofaLord.
Holdhurs
thadcall
edhimi ntotheoff
ice
.Perc
y
cl
aimeditwas,“
Toc ongrat
ulatehi
m onhis
upcomingnupti
als
.”
TheCommi
ssi
onai
re
Heleftt
heof
fi
ceaboutf
ort
y-f
ivemi
nut
esaf
ter
Atfirs
t,thecommi s
sionair
ewilldenyfal
li
ng helas
tsawPerc
yPhelps
,andwashomebyei
ght
asle
epathi spost
.Hei safr
aidoflosi
nghisjob. o'
cl
ock.
Ifpress
ed,hewi l
ladmi thi
serrorandconfess
es
thathefellas
lee
pandwasawake nedbyPe rcy Hedoe
sspe
ak,r
ead,andwr
iteFr
enc
h.
Phelps.
Anyfurthe
rinves
tigati
onintoChar
lesGor
ot,
Hever
ifi
esheheardtheserv
icebe
llandas
ked bes
idesacasualc
hat ,s
houldbemetwitha
Pe
rcy
,“Whoc oul
dt hatbe
?” ThreatMeteri
ncrease.
Headmi tst hathiswifewaspr obabl
ypr ot
ect
ing
somev aluableswhe nthepoliceandMr .Phel
ps
TheFor
eignOf
fi
ce
call
edatt hehous e.Theyhav ehadthings
reposs
e s
s edinthepas t,buthis Onc etheinves
tigat
orshav efi
nishedtalki
ngto
commi ssionaire
'spensionhass i
ncepaidthem thewi t
nesse
sandt akenal ookaroundt he
off. ForeignOffi
ce,dist
ributethefol
lowingc l
ue
cardsandallowt he
mt omakeRe asonand
Ifaskedifhesawanyonesuspic
iousthat Deduc ti
onRollstofurtherthei
rinvesti
gati
on.
evening,hesayst
hathedidnote ve
ns eeJoseph
Harrison,whousuall
ycomesbyt opickup Clue1
:As er
vic
ebe
ll,r
ungwhi
lePe
rcywas
Percysotheycanridethet
rainbacktogethe
r. downst
air
s.
Lead1:Pe
rhapsawi t
nessr
ungthebe
ll.
TheCommi
ssi
onai
re’
sWi
fe
Lead2:Perhapsthet
hie
frungt
hebell
.(Tr
ue)
Lead3:Perhapsanot
herot
herc
lerkr
ungthe
Whats
heknows
: be
ll.
Hardl
yanyt
hing.Shedi
dt e
llherhus
bandt
o Cl
ue2:Awindowinthec
ler
k’sof
fi
ce–noton
makethec
offe
e,butshethenle
ft. Pe
rcy
'smap.(Fal
seCl
ue)
Anyf urthe rque s
t i
oni ngisenoughtor ai
set he Lead1 :Thethi
efope
nedthewi
ndowand
Thre atMe t
er.IftheMas t
erminddoe snotraise escaped.
theThr eatMe ter,itshoul datl
eastbemade Lead2:Thet hi
efgai
nede
ntryt
otheroom
cle
art hroughhe rdi aloguethatsheisunlikely throughthewindow.
thethief.Shedoe snote venknowhowt or e
ad Lead3:Thet hi
efbot
hgai
nedentr
yandescape
d
andwr i
teEngl i
sh,le taloneFrench,andwoul d viathewindow.
havenoi deat hev alueadoc ume ntli
kethe
Nav alTre atywoul dhav e.
Cl
ue3:Whyi
n3wee
kshasnoot
herf
ore
ignpowe
r
madeus
eoft
hec
ont
ent
softr
eat
y?
Lead1 :Becaus ethet hi

efwasadirec
tenemyto
Mr .Phelps,notane nemyofEngland.
Lead2:Be c ausenopowe rhasoff
ere
dapric
efor
it
,notbe li
ev i
ngi tauthenti
c.
Lead3:Be c ausethet hi
efforsomereas
onhasbee
n
detainedthet reaty’
sdeliv
ery.(Tr
ue)
RESOLVEAWARD:Re war
deachi
nves
tigat
or
wit
hthre
epoi
ntsofRe
sol
veatt
heendofthe
sc
ene.
HELP!Myi
nve
sti
gat
orsar
est
uck!
Itmi ghtbebe y onds omei nvestigator stoput

thefac tst ogethe rt hatJos ephHar risonist he
culprit.Ifaf terme nt ioningt hedi scr e
panc y
intraint ime s(r eme mbe rJos ephs ai dhe
tookt he1 1PM t rain,buthedi dn’tar rive
homeunt ilaf t
e r1 PM asv erifi
edbyAnne )
andt hef ac tthatPe rcyandJos e phof ten
traveledt oge the risn’ tenought or aise
suspiciont henhav es omemone yc oll
e c
tors
comec allingt oBr airbrael ookingf orJos eph
topayt he m.Thi ss houldi ndic ates omes ort
ofmone ypr obl emsonhi spar t.I ft hatknoc k
ont hehe ads tilldoe sn’
ts eemt ohe lp,raise
theThr eatMe te rallt hewayandhav e
JosephHar ri
sonhol dhi ss i
sterandf uture
brothe r-in-lawbygunpoi nt.May bet he
investigat orsc ans t
ophi m.
53
54
THE CASE OF THE
An
gryGo
dde
ss
By Steven S. Long
kingdom’ solde standwe althiestfami li

es.
Despitethis,hewasne veronet ode votehims el
f
tothepur suitofidlepleasures.Fas cinatedby
ancienthistory,het ookhonor satOxf ordand
wentont oac areerasadi lett
ant earchae ologi
st.
Alt
hough“ dil
e t
tante”isnotane nt i
relyfair
descript
ion,s i
nc ehewasgoodatwhathedi d.
Usinghisownmone ytof i
nanc ee xpediti
ons
thr
ought heMe di t
erraneanr egionandNe ar
East,hec onduc tedseveralimpor tant
excavati
onsov erthepastthi r
tyy ears.
Me ndham’ scrowningt ri
umphwast he
discov e
ryofar emar kablyintac ttempl eofI shtar
,
godde ssofloveandwar ,inMe sopot ami a.He
spentt helastseveralyearsexc avatingit,
cataloguingthef i
nds ,andtrans portingt hemt o
Engl and.Hedonat edthear t
ifac t
stot heBr i
tis
h
THECRI
ME Mus e um,whi c
hr ecent l
yfi
nishe drenov atingthe
Baby lonian&As s
yrianRoom t os howc as ethem.
Lor
dAr t
hurMe ndham wasawe
ll-
knownfigur
e
i
nBrit
ishsoc
ialc
ircl
es.Hecamef
rom oneofthe Conc
urr
entwi
tht
his
,Lor
dAr
thurmadei
t
56 THE CASE OF THE ANGRY GODDESS
publ iclyknownt hathewasr etiringf rom Sundayafter
nooncrowdsandlef
ttheMuse
um at
archae ologicalfieldwor k.Ye ar sofr ough aboutthesametimethefi
rstv
isi
tor
stot
he
outdoorl i
v i
ng,“Or ient al”di se ases,andt he exhi
bitdis
cover
edthebody.
occas ionalmi nori njur yhadt ake nt he irtol l.
Hei nte nde dtos pendt her estofhi sy ear s
adv anc ingt hes tudyofanc ienthi stor yasa ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND
schol ari nEngl and.Thi scameaswe lc ome
newst ohi sfamilyandf riends— wi thone Thisc aseisintendedf orMas termi ndsand
exce ption.Hi swi f
e ,LadyMar ian,di dnot playerswhohav ebe comer easonabl y
reli
s ht hei deaofhav inghi m ar oundatal l.A comf ortablewiththeBake rStreetRPGr ul
e s
cleve r,r uthless
,ande xc e edingl yambi tious afte
rpar t
ici
patingins everalcases.Si nceit
woman,LadyMar i
anhasov e rt hey ear st ake n feat
ur esnume r
ousNPCs /
suspe cts(se ebelow),
adv ant ageofLor dAr thur ’
sge ne ralabs enc eto theMas ter
mi ndshoul dbes urehei sfami l
iar
sethe rse l
fupass ome thingofabe hi ndt he withal lofthem( andt heirmot ives)s ohec an
scene spowe rbroke rinBr itishpol itics. answe rthei nvest
igators’questionspr oper
lyand
Wi eldi ngMe ndham’ si nflue nc eandwe althasa keept hewe bofc luesc hal
lenginglyt angled.
we apon,s hehasi ne ffec texe rc i
s e
dhi sv ot ei n
theHous eofLor dsandmadehe r
se l
fan Onef ur the rnot eaboutt hec ase ,Obs erv ati
on
indis pe nsable,ifcov ert,pl ay eri nBr itish Rol lsar enotus edt ofindc l
ue s .Ins tead,whe n
politics .Ve r
yl i
ttleofi mpor tanc etake spl ac ein thei nv es t
igat orsas kar e l
e vantque stion,hand
theBr itishgov ernme ntwi thouthe rqui e t,but the mt heappr opriat eclue .Cl ue sar el i
s tedne xt
nev eri gnor ed,input . tot hec har ac t
e r
sors cene si nwhi cht he yar e
mos tlike l
yt obef ound.Howe ver ,itispos sible
Shehadnoi ntent ionofgi v i
ngupt hispowe r, for the in ve sti
g ators to glean i
n fo rma tio n from
soLor dMe ndham’ sannounc eme ntc aus ed onec har ac teraboutanot her ,andt husr e ceivea
ser i
ousdi fficul ti
e sf orhe r.The ybe c amewor se clue .Th e Ma s
termi nd sh ould o ffe ra bit of
whe nMe ndham l aiddownt hel aw,i nfor mi ng f riendl yadv i
ce,al lcluesar er elev ant.The r efore,
he rt hathekne wwhats hehadbe endoi ngal l Re asonRol lsarenotr e quire d.Whe nt he
the sey ear sandt hatt het i
mehadc omef orhe r inve stiga t
o rs are p repare d to fo l
lo w up onl eads ,
tos topi t.I fs hedi dnotc eas eal linv ol veme nt hav et he m maket hene cessar yDe duct i
onRol ls.
inpol it
icalmat tershewoul dc uthe rof fand
“exi l
e ”he rt ooneofhi scount rye state sin Simi lar l
y ,theMas termi nds houl dr ev i
e wt he
Sc otland.He rf rus trationandange rgr e wi nto r uless ohei spr epar e dt ode alwi tht he
mur de rousf ury . u nex pec ted .In vestigator so ften d o thingsnot
eve nt hec le v erestMas termi ndc anant icipate ,or
Af teronel as t,ranc orousat t
emptt oc onv ince b ecome fi
x a t
ed o n sp ecif
ic as pe cts ofa cas ew hil
e
Lor dAr thurt oc hangehi smi nd,LadyMar ian i gnor ingot he rs.AMas ter mi ndwhoi s
acc ompani edhi mt oaSat ur dayni ghtpar tyat t hor oughl yv ersedi nbot ht her ul esandt heNPCs
theBr itishMus e um c elebrat i
nghi sl ifetimeof can reac tto theirc ho i
ce sa nd h elp st
e er the
acc ompl i
s hme nt sandt hene we xhi bi tofhi s cour seoft henar r ativeinway st hate ns ure
Isht arfinds .Fe igni ngahe adac he ,s hel efte arl
y ma x imu m fu nfor e veryo ne inv olv ed.
and“ retur ne dt ohe rr ooms ”att heMe ndham
homei nLondon.I nt ruths hec re ptawayand Ifthei nve stigator sde dicat es igni fi
cant
hidi nt heBaby loni an&As sy ri
anRoom.The reso urc es o r t
ime to inves t
ig atin g fal
sel e adsor
ne xtday ,Sunday ,whe nLor dAr t hurc amei n clue s,cons iderr aisingt heThr eatMe terand
toc he ckont hee xhi bitandmakeaf e w infor mi n gt hem th ey are no to n th e ri
g h ttrac k
adj us t
me ntsbe for eope ning,s hebr ai ne dhi m (seebe low) .Howf artol ett he mt akef al sele ads
wi thas mal ls tatueofI shtar .Cov eringhe r
se f andc
l lue sisatt heMas termi nd’ sdi scretion.
wi thanonde s criptwr aps hehadbr oughtal ong
inhe rpur se,s het he nmi ngl edwi tht he
THE CASE OF THE ANGRY GODDESS 57
DRAMATI
SPERSONAE Roge rHi ngs ton,whos tudi edanc i
enthis toryat
Oxf ord,hasbe enLor dAr thur ’
sc hiefassistantin
Thisc asei nvolv esal argenumbe rofNPCswi th thef i
eldf ort hepas tteny ears .Het urne dhi s
mot i
v etoki l
lLor dAr t
hur .Tohe l
pt he bac konapr omi singcare erinac ademiat o
Mas termi ndr eme mbe rwhoi swho,he rei
sabr i
ef acc omp an y Lo rd Art
hu ron h is expedit
ion s.
descriptionofe ac hone . Whi l
eheadmi resLordAr thurf orhisde di c
ation
toar chae ology ,heisalsoj ealousofhi m and
Stewar tChe verall,Ph. D. claims( inpr iv ate— fornow)t hatLor dAr thur
hass tolenc re ditforalotofdi scov er
iesthathe
Keyde scri
pt ivee leme nts:thirt
y-ish,reasonably (Hi ngston )ma de and re
s earch t
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iciencyand it.
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him.Af t
e rretur ningtoLondonf rom theI shtar
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stantKe eperfor templ ee xcav ationHi ngstonl e arnedthatLor d
Egypt i
anandAs sy rianAnt i
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e Stepha ni
e ha dcarri
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Randol ph( seebe low)as signedtoas sistLord affairfort hepas ttwoy ears.
Arthurwi tht hecre ati onoft heTe mpleofI s htar
exhibit.Ov erthewe e kst het wooft hem hav e St
ephani
eHi
ngs
ton
wor kedt oge therithasbe comeappar entthe ydo
notge tal ongatal l.Lor dAr thurunc easingly Keyde s
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nots eemt obeabl et odoany t
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shaccent
.
Me ndham’ seyes.Fort hemos tpar tChe verallhas
swal l
owe dt heabus e ,t hought he rehav ebee naf eSt
w ephanieHi ngs ton,Roge r’swife,hadno
argume ntst hatgotl oude rt hant heyshoul dhav par
e ticularintere stinhi s toryorar chae ologywhe n
— ar gume ntsChe ve ral lalway slost,si
nc ehe theygotmar r i
ed.Thatc hange dafters heme t
cannotc ompe t
eagai ns taf amouspe eroft he LordAr thur.Sudde nl
ys hepai dal otmor e
realm. attentiontohe rhus band’ swor kande v enc ame
tov i
s i
thi mint hef ie l
ds everalti
me s.Thi shad
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hef t not
ac hi ngtodowi t
huxor ialde vot
ion;s hef ellin
thathec onsider sLor dAr thuradilett
ant ewhose l ovewi thLor dAr thur ,andt hetwooft he m be gan
lear
ni ngands cholar shipar epooratbe st,a an affair.
blunde rerwhoi slike l
ydoneasmuc hhar m as
goodwi thhi sexc av ations,andal ackwitwhodoe s Shewasqui t
ec ont entwi ththes ituation,but
notunde rstande xhi bitdesignormus eum thenLor dAr thurde cide dt oremai ni nEngl and
practicaliti
esatal l
.Che verall’
sdis
dainf orand pe r
mane ntl
y .Unwi lli
ngt or i
sksc andal ,he
resentme ntofLor dAr thurc ouldeasi
lyhav e ab r
u ptlyend ed the a f
fair .Afterhe rebu ffedhe r
reache dt hepoi ntwhe rehede c
idedtoge tri
dof severalat t
empt stor e
ki ndlet hei
rr omanc e,he r
thear rogantnobl emanonc eandforall. sorro w t
u r
n ed to an ger. B utshes ti
llw o ul
d h ave
takenhi m bac ki fshec oul dhav e,andi s
Roge rHi ngs ton,Ph. D. distraughtathi sde ath.
Keydescr
ipti
veel
eme nts
:s le
nder,cl
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n, TheHingstonshav
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rom t
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onsat221bBakerStreeti
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bookwit
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ermsofqualit
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LadyMar
ianMe
ndham strong,i
mpos i
ng-looki
ngPe rs
ianwhowe ar
sthe
clothesofaval
uedBr it
ishmans er
vant;speaks
Ke yde s cript
iveeleme nts:ari
stocraticall
y accentedbutfl
uentEngl i
sh;alwaysse
e msc al
m,
be autiful,dressesinthebe stoffashionand cool,andcol
lecte
d.
jewe lry,hass hortblackhairandpi erc inggr
een
ey es;wi tt
yandc l
ever,alwaysse emst os ayt
he LordAr thurme tSanjarwhil
eonane xpedit
ion
rightt hingorknowj us twhatbitingc omme ntto t oPersi
amanyy earsago.Takenwi t
ht he(atthat
make ;c arrie
sher s
e l
fwi t
hanai rofas surancet
hat ti
mey oung)man,hehi redhim andtrainedhim
onl ythec ombinationofv astwealth,v ast tobeage neralmans e
rvantwhoc oulds eetohis
influenc e,andv astabilit
ycanc onfer. needsbothint hefi
eldandi nEngland.
LadyMar iani sLor dAr thur’

swi f
eofmany Des
pitethef actthathev alue dSanj arhighly,
year s
;the yhav eoneadol escentson(Gor don)and LordArthurdi dnotal way sac tkindlyt owar d
adaught erseve raly e
ar sy ounger(Penelope). him.Heof te
nl osthispati
e ncewi thSanj ar,
De spiteappr oachi ngmi ddleage,LadyMar ian spoketohimr ude l
y,tre
atedhi m witht ypical
retainsmuc hofhe rgoodl ooksands ti
llturns upperclassconde scensionf ora“ foreignde vil
,”
he adswhe rev ers hegoe s .Sheisafixt
ur eint he andgene r
all
yabus edhim de s
pi t
ehi sloyalty.Iti
s
Br it
ishsoc i
alsc eneands eemst oknowpr e
tty possi
bleSanjarf inal
lysnappe d,losthi st
e mpe r,
muc heveryonewor thknowi ng.Fewme mbe rsof andtookr ev
e ngef oryearsofmi streatme nt.
theBr iti
shuppe rc lassornouv eauric
hedar eto
crosshe rope nly( thought heinvesti
gatorsmay Si
rRandol
phSwanni
ck
notne c e
ssarilyknowt hat )
.
Ke yde scr iptivee leme nts:mi ddleage d,uppe r
Shedoe snotmakei tobv ious ,butLadyMar i
an c rus t,Br itishs c holar ,alway swe ll-dr es sedfort he
ishi ghl yint ell
ige ntandobs e rvant .Shepr etends oc c asion,hai rs tar ti
ngt ogr e y;alway sac t
slikea
tobeanor dinar yVi ctor ianl adyofme ans,butin pr ope r,cour teousBr it
ishge nt l
eman.
facti smuc hmor et hant hat ,asdi scuss edabov e
.
Sher es entst her oles oc ialc onv ent i
onshav e SirRandol phSwanni ckist heKe e pe rof
forc eduponhe randy ear nswi thani nt ense Egy ptianandAs syrianAnt i
qui ti
e satt heBr i
ti
s h
ambi tionf ormor e .Hav ingbe ende ni ed Mus e um ( ine ss enc e,thec ur atoroft hat
“ac cept able ”me anst os at isfyhe rde s i
r es
,shehas de par tme nt).Hewor kedhi swayupt ot hat
tur ne dt os hadowyi nf lue nc e-pe ddl ing,andat pos itiont hr oughy ear sofs cholars hip,e f
fort,and
time se venc ri
me( suchasbl ac kmai l
) . maki ngc onne ctionsi nLondon’ se ndl e sssocial
swi rl.Al thoughhehast r
av eledt oEgy ptandt he
LadyMar ianhast hef ol l
owi ngGui les(seehe r Ne arEas tons e veraloc cas i
ons ,hei smor eofan
char ac ters he etformor ei nfor mat ion) :Car ef
ul ar mc hai rs chol art hanaf iel
dman.
Villain;Char mi ngRogue ;Mas terof
Mac hinat ions ;Pe rcept ive ;We ll-Pos itioned Anol ds choolc hum ofLor dAr t
hur ’s,Si r
Age nts;We l
l-Re spe cte dVi llain.( He rWe l
l- Randol phc amef rom al esspr omi ne nt( and
Pos itione dAge nt sdoe s n’tr eflec tthef actthatshe we al t
hy )f ami lyandt husdi dnothav et hings
hasac tual“ agent s”pe rs e ,butt hats hec anus e qui tease as yasLor dAr t
hurdi dde spi tebe i
nghi s
he re xte nsiv esoc ialinf lue nc et os wayi mpor t
ant e quali nt hes ubj ectofanc ienthi stor y.The yhav e
pe opl ebe hi ndt hes cene s.Fore xampl e ,i
fa remai ne dc l
os ef ri
e ndsandc olle
ague sthr ough
de tec t
iv ebe come sanui s anc e,s hemi ghtappe al t hey ear s,butSi rRandol phhasbe c omei ntens el
y
tohe rgoodf riendSi rEdwar dBr adfor d, jealousofLor dAr thur ’sdiscov eriesandf ame ,all
Commi ssione rofPol ic e[ 1 890- 1903] ,t ore-assi
gn achi ev edwi ths e emi nge ffortlessne sswhi lehe
thatde te ctiveorot he rwi s ec allhi m of f .
) hims elftoi ledawayi nobs cur i
ty.Theac cl
aim
thatLor dAr thur ’sre ceivedf orhi sf inaland
Sanj ar gre ate stdi scov erymayhav ebe ene nought o
makehi ms napandt akeouthi sfr us trationsina
Ke yde sc r
ipt iv
ee leme nt s:t all( 6’8” ),imme nsel
y mur de rousmanne r.
THETHREATMETER
TheMas te r
mi nds houl
dpr ev ie
wt her ul
esont he
Thre atMe t
e randunde rst
andt hepr ogressi
onof
theThr eatMe teraspresentedhe r
e.TheThr eat
Me t
e rinc reaseswhe ne
ve rthei nvestigat
orstake
anext rar oundofi nvest
igation,askaddi t
ional
roundsofque st
ions,orwhe nt heys pe ndtoomuc h
timeonf alseleads.Ifi
tincre asedpas tthesixth
threat,thei nvesti
gator
st ri
gge rtheappr opriate
endgame .
1.AstheThreatMet
erincre
as e
s,thec
as ebe
comes
mor edif
fi
cul
t.Thet
ensionreache
slevelone.
Rolled1sontheShe
rloc
kDi enolongerhavean
eff
ect.
2.Thei nvest
igatorsfocustheireff
ortsona
suspectot
hert hanLadyMar ian,gi
vinghera
chancetoshoreuphe ralibi
sandwor kagainst
them behi
ndt hes c
e nes
.Re duc et
heExpe r
ienc
e
Point
sawar dedt oeachi nve
stigat
orbyone . Endgame2:Thei nv e
s t
igatorsbecomemor eand
morece r
tainthatLadyMar ianissomehow
3.Thecasebecomesmorediff
icul
t.Thete
nsi
on inv
olved,forci
nghe rtomov eagains
tthem more
reac
hesleve
ltwo.Roll
ed1sor2sont heSher
loc
k deci
siv
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y.Thismaywor k— ori tmayironic
all
y
Dienolongerhaveaneff
ect
. inc
reasetheirdete
rmi nationt of
indthetrut
hor
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dental
lyrevealhermac hinat
ions.
4.Thei nve st
igat or sc ont inuet oignor eLady
Mar ian,fallforhe rt ricks ,orf indt he ms e lves Alternat ely,theMas termi ndmaywantt o
unabl etomov eagai ns the rde c i
sive ly.Re duc ethe c ons iderc hangi ngt heThr eatMe terr ule sf orthis
Expe riencePoi nt sawar de dtoe achi nves ti
gatorby c as e.Thet r
ut hi st hatLadyMar iandoe snotc are
two. howmuc ht i
met hei nvestigatorswas t
el ooki ng
intos uspe ctsot he rt hanhe r sel
f.Asl ongast he y
5.Ast heThr e atMe terinc re
as es,t hec as e l
ooki ntoot he rs us pe c
tsandbuyhe r“ gr ie ving
become smor edi ff
ic ult.Thet e nsionr eac hesle v
el wi dow”ac t,shewi l
lnotdoany thingt ohi nde r
three.Rol l
e d1 s,2s ,or3sont heShe r l
ockDi eno the m.( Howe ver ,ifs hehast hec hanc et o
longe rcause1 s,2s ,or3st nol onge rhav eane ffect
. compl i
catemat tersatnor i
s ktohe rs elfs ot hat
the yke epc has i
ngdownbl i
ndal le y
s ,s hewi l
l
6.Thei nvestigator sar epe rple xedandknowt hat c er t
ainlyt akei t.I ftherei ssomer isk,s hewi ll
theirne xtstepmaybet he irlast.Re duc et he we ight hatagai ns tt hepot ent i
albe ne fitbe fore
Expe riencePoi nt sawar de dtoe achi nves ti
gatorby t akingac t
ion. )
three.
The refore,ift heMas termi ndpr efer s,i nt his
Endgame1 :Thei nv es t
igat orsbe comec onvinc ed c as etheThr eatMe terdoe snoti ncre asei fthe
thatoneoft heot he rs us pe ct
si sgui ltyandar range inv esti
gator sfol l
owf alseleads .Itonl yi nc reases
forhi sarrest,puthi mi napos i
tionwhe rehe ifandwhe nt he yi nv est
igateLadyMar ianand
commi tssuicide ,ort hel ike— t husc onv incing shef eelst hene e dt odi sruptt hei nve stigat ion,
them andt hepubl ict hathewasgui ltyandl e t
t i
ng mi sleadt hei nve stigators,ors ome howdi spos eof
LadyMar i
anof fsc ot-fre e. the“ interlope rs”pe rmane nt ly
.
SCENE1–ASI
STER’
SCONCERN Ifanyinvest
igatorhass uff
ici
entStat usto
minglewiththel ikesofLordArthur ,Lady
LadyHonor i
aMe ndham Reddington,Lor d Mar i
an,andt heirilk,t
hismayof f
erhi m an
Arthur’ssi
ster
,arri
vesat221bBake rStreetina innergli
mps eintos omeofthec ompl exit
ies
ri
c hl
y-appoint
edprivatec
arriage.Mr s
.Huds on ofthecase.Hemayknowf rom gossipt hat
showshe rin,andDr .Wats
on,as ocial LordAr t
hurhadbe enhavi
nganaf fair(but
acquaintanceofherswhom sheappr oachedfor notthatherec entlyendedit)
,orthatLady
aid,make si
ntroducti
onsbeforedeparting. Mar i
anwi el
dsc ons i
derabl
einfl
uenc ein
Brit
ishsocie
ty .
LadyHonor iaisami ddle-
age dwomanof
av e
rageappe aranc e.Shei swear ingmour ning Lastl
y,anyinvest
igatorswit
hs uf
fi
cie
ntl
y
black(includi ngav eil
),buthe rdr essissti
llof highStat
us— 5orabov e— wil
lhavea
thebe stqual i
ty .Shes eemsabi tillateaseinthe muc heasi
ertimetalkingtotheli
kesof
(forher )“unus ual”s urroundings ,andallthe LadyHonor iaandLadyMar i
an,andthus
mor es oifanyoft hei nvesti
gator sse e
ml i
ke gett
ingusef
ulinformat i
onoutofthem.
que st
ionablepe ople( Stat
us2orbe low).
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e sshe rne edi sgreat
,s os helaunches
intohe rexplanat i
onandr eques tafterMr s
. “Thankyouf oragreeingt
os eemet oday.Doct
or
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a. Watsons pe
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,andIf earyoumayne e dallofyour
(
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igatorsare,ofcourse,freeto competencetoass i
stmeint hisdre adf
ulmatter
.
inte
rruptLadyHonor iaatanyt i
met oas k
questi
ons .Buts hemaynott akeki ndlytoi t
, “MybrotherisLor dAr thurMe ndham,the
parti
cularlyifithappe nsfrequentlyori sdonein renownedar chae ologist.Whyhef el
thehadto
whats hewoul dconsidera“ rude”manne r. trampallovert hewor ldins e
archofdirt
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icsI
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onsabouti ndeli
cates i
tuations— am sureIdonotknow,andnoonee l
seinthe
li
keLor dAr t
hur ’
sromant icaff
airs— mayal so familyunderstoodi te it
he r
,butitwasdear
getherbac kup.Aoneort woSt atusc i
rcle Ar t
hur’
sabsolut eobs es
sion.Hewasne ver
penaltymaybei norderforthosenotadhe r
ing happierthanwhe ne xaminingsomec e
nturi
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old
totheVi c
t orianCodeofConduc t.Cav eat potorEgy pt
ians tatue.
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igator .
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s,my
Ot
herWay
sToI
nvol
veTheI
nve
sti
gat
ors brotherwasbr utall
ymur deredintheBr it
ish
Mus eum l astSundaymor ning.ScotlandYar dhas
Dependingonwhotheinv
esti
gat
orsare
,the madet hemat terapr i
ori
ty,butsofars eemst o
Mas t
ermindmayhavebet
terormore hav eaccompl is
he dveryli
ttl
easfarasIam
appropri
ateway
stodrawthemintot
heCase conc er
ne d.SoIt hinkiti
stimefort hefami l
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oftheAngryGodde
ss. takeamor edir
ecthand.Ge ntl
eme n,Iwoul dlike
tohi r
ey out odiscoverwhomur dere dmybr other
Ifanyoft hem arepr ofe
ss i
onal l
yas sociated ands eethathi skill
erisbroughttojus t
ice
.”
withtheBr iti
shMus eum and/ ort hewor ldof
archaeology,theymi ghtbei nt heMus eum I
nte
rvi
ewi
ngLadyHonor
ia
whe nav isi
tordiscoversLor dAr thur ’
sbody .
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um admi ni
stration,interestedin Treatintervie
wi ngLadyHonor iaasar oleplay
ing
resolv
ingt hemat t
e rassoonaspos si
blet o opportunityins t
eadofaChar ac
te rI
nv es
t i
gati
on.
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cit
y,mayc allons uc h Useas ortofRul eofFourtode terminethe
invest
igatorstolendt heirservices.(Thi s inves
tigators'rewardins
teadofi ncr
easingt he
assume s,ofcourse,thatthei nvestigatorsare ThreatMe t
er.Re member,asanuppe rclass
knownass leuths.
) womans hewi llnotre
actwe l
ltobadge ri
ngor
“se
ns i
tive”inquirie
s.Hereiswhats heknows :
Te
lluss
ome
thi
ngabouty
our
sel
f. Lead:ManyMus eum of
fi
cial
scouldcomeinand
outwhe ntheMuseum wasclos
edonSunday
“Ili
v eprimar i
lyatmyf ami ly’
shomehe rei n morning,andinf
actdidso;anyofthem mi
ghtbe
London.Mybr otherlivedt hereaswe l
lwi thhis thekil
ler.
wife,asdoe sourot herbr othe r
,Thomas ,andhi s
wifeEleanor ,andal ltheirchildren.Some ti
me sit Lead:Thecelebrati
ontheni
ghtbefor
egavet
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issuchawhi rl
wi ndIc annotke epitallstraight
! kil
leracc
esstotheMus eum;other
wiset
he
Myhus bandGe orgedi e
ds everalyearsagoof guardswouldhav esee
nhime nte
ronSunday.
consumpt ion,thepoorde ar.Wewe rene ver (True)
blessedwithc hildren,soi tisfortunatethatI
haves omanyni e c
esandne phewst opas smy The
rewasac
ele
brat
ionl
astSat
urdayni
ght
?
hard-earnedwi sdom al ongt o.”
“Ohmy ,y es,itwasqui t eane labor ateaf fair.The y
WhathasLor dAr thurbe endoi ngr ecent l
y ? held it i
n pa rt of the Mu s e
u m afte rh o urs to ki
ck
offthene we xhi bitandhonormybr othe rforhi s
“Asy ounodoubtr eadi nt hepape rss ev eral w ork since h e w as retirin g.Itw a s re po rt
e d on t
h e
mont hsago,mybr ot he rmadeaf abul ous societypageoft heTi me sandot he rpape rs,Iam
discov er yi nt hede se rt— s omet empl eorot he ,I s
r ure.Thef ami lyandal lhi sfriendswe ret here,
believ e— andbr oughtal ar genumbe rof and c oll
e agu es h e wor ke d w it
h — Mu se um
valuabl ear ti
fac tsbac ktot heBr iti
s hMus eum.I pe opl eandpr ofe ssorsands uch.Idi dnots tay
hav enoi de awhatt he ywe re ,buthef reque nt l
y long; I am a fraid I am p a s
t the p o i
n t in l
ife wher e
toldmehowi mpor tantt he ywoul dbet ot he suche ventshol dmuc hat tractionf orme .”
studyofanc ienthi stor y.Ev ers inc et he nhehas
bee nwor ki ngatt heMus e um t oge tthe mr eady Lor dAr thurwasr etiring?
todi spl ay .Hewast he reatal lhour st ryingt o
maket hee xhi bitpe r fect;hehadmi ssedmor e “Yes,t hankhe av ens.Fort hirtyy e ar shehas
fami lyme al sandgat he ri
ngst hanIc anr ecall— wande redal lov erthewor l
dont hos ee xpe diti
ons
some time shehade v enmi ssedc hur c h!” ofhis .He ’sc aughtal lmanne rofs trange ,tropical
diseas es,li
v edi nt hemos tde plor abl ec ondi ti
ons ,
Didhemi ssc hur chl astSunday ? andonc ewase vens hotwi thanar r owbys ome
nativet ribesman!Hehadf i
nal l
yhade noughand
“Ye shedi d, ”s hes ay swi thac at chi nhe rvoi ce, waspl anningt or e mai ni nEngl andf ort her e
stof
obv ious lyups etbyt hispar ticularf act.“ Thel ast hi slife.”
timeIs awhi m al i
v ewasatbr e akf ast.Hewasi n
goods pi ritsaf te
rt hec elebr ationt heni ghtbe f
ore Whatdi dhei nte ndt odoi nEngl and?
andat eahe ar t
yme al .Hedas he doutt hedoort o
got ot heMus eum t odos ome“ las t-mi nut e “Oh,t heus uals ortsoft hingsonedoe s,I
wor k,”ashec alledi t.Hi se xhi bitwasope ni ngt o suppos e.Nodoubthepl anne dt owor kmor ewi th
thepubl ict hataf t
e r
noonandhewant e d the Mu seum, o r perha p s l
e cture a tO xford .He
eve rythi ngt obej ustr ight.” me ntione ds ome thingt heot he rdayabout
writingabook,aboutwhatIc ertai nlydonot
know.Hi sdr eadf uladv e ntur es,Is uppos e.”
Clue :Lor dAr thurwasl asts eenal ivebyhi s
fami lyatbr e akfastonSundaymor ning;af t
e r
thathewe ntt ot heMus eum t owor kont he Clue:Lor dAr thurwasr e t
iringf rom f ieldwor k
exhi bit. and p lan ned to w r i
te a b oo k abo u th is
adv entur es.
Le ad:Si nc et heMus e um i swe ll-guar de dwhe nit
isnotope n,t heki llermus thav ebe enoneoft he Le ad:Lor dAr thur ’
sfami l
ywasnote ntirely
guar ds ! happyabouthi swr itingabook,f ear ingi tmi ght
brings c
andalupont he m.
Lead:LordAr thur’sannounc ementofhis “scandal ”outoft hepapersasmuc haspossi
ble
.
ret
irementas hortwhi l
eagoc ameasas urpri
se Ifthei nve s
tigatorsdragt
heMe ndham name
tohisfamil
y,friends,andcol l
eagues. throught hemudi nanyway ,theywillf
indthei
r
fees hrinkingr api
dly.
Lead:Thefactt hatLordArthurwoul dremain
inEnglandfrom nowonundoubt edlyhad RESOLVEAWARD:
some t
hingtodowi thhisdeathbys purr
inghi
s
kil
lertoact
.(Tr ue) Fore v
e ryfourque sti
onsanswe redbyLady
Honor i
a,awar deachinves
tigatoronepointof
Doy ouknowany onehewor kedwith? Re solve.
“Ic
e r
tai
nlydonot.Iam sureIwasintroduce
d
tosomeofthem att
hece l
ebrati
on,butifsoI SCENE2–PRELI
MINARYSTEPS
donotrecallt
hei
rnames.Nodoubts ome one
att
heMus e
um coul
dinformy ouonthis
poi
nt.”
HadLordAr
thure
verbe
eni
nvol
vedi
nany
...
sc
andal
s?
“
Ce rt
ainlynot
!Mybrotherwasanupst
andi
ng
manandac re
ditt
ohisfamil
yandhis
countr
y .
”
Be foret he yproc ee dfurther,thei nvestigatorsmay
Hadhebe e nt roubledorc onc ernedaboutany - w an tto ga ther s
ome prel
imin ary inf
o rma tion to
thingl ately ? expandonwhatLadyHonor iatoldt hem.The ir
mos tli
ke lyav enue sofi nformat ion-gathe ringar e
“Justaboutt hate xhi bitatt heMus eum;i t read ing th en ewsp apers and talking toth e
seeme dt ooc c upyhi se veryt hought . author ities.
Appar e ntlys omeoft heot he rpeopl eatt he
Mus eum we r edi f
fi
c ulttowor kwi th,andt hat Re adAl lAboutI t,Guv ’nor!
onlyme anthehadt odomor ehims elf.Now
thaty ouas k,t hough,Idor e cal
lthathe Thei nv e st
igatorsc ane asi
lyf indne ws pape rsfrom
receive ds eve rallett
e rsr e
c entlythatputhi mi n lastSundayandMondayde scribingi nthef orme r
ape ns ivemood.Ias ke dhi m whatt hemat ter case the celebrati
o n on Saturd ay night,an d i
n the
was ;hes aidi twasabus i
ne ssarrange me ntand l atterthedi scover yofthemur der.Thes toryabout
noc aus ef orc onc ern.” themur de rprov i
de sthef ol
lowi ngpe rti
ne nt
infor mat ion:
Onc et hei nv es t
igatorsar edonewi tht he ir
que st
ions ,LadyHonor iawi llgetupt ole av e. —ac cordingt os ec urit
yguar ds ,LordAr thure ntered
Shet hankst hei nves t
igatorsf orthe ir theMus eum atappr oximate l
y9: 00AM.Se veral
undoubt e dlyt horoughe ffortsonhe rbe half Mus eum e mpl oyee sspokewi thhi m br ieflyin
andr e que stst hatthe yke ephe rinfor me dof p assing ,bu the ma dehis way d eter
mi n edly t
ot he
whatt he ylear nonar egularbas is.Shedoe s Baby l
oni anandAs syr
ianRoom,i nthenor thwe st
notme nt ionmone y,butwi lldiscus sitif p arto fthe F i
rst Floor* offt
h e N ort
h C orridor todo
presse d.Shei swi ll
ingt opayqui tewe ll— t he al i
ttlelas t-minut ewor kont heTe mpl eofI shtar
highes tf eethei nvestigatorshav ee v er exhi bit.Noonewashe lpinghi m,note ve nhis
receive d,inf ac t— ift heyc onc l
udet hismat ter p r
ima ry assist
a nt D r
.S te
w artC h eve
r all
, and no
quickly ,pr ofes si
onal l
y ,andqui e
tly.Abov eall Mus eum e mpl oyees awhi m al iveafterthat .(Or
shewant stoknowwhathappe nedt ohe r mo r e accu rat
ely,n o Mu seum e mp l
oy ee w i
lladmi t
brothe r,butac loses econdi skeepingt he tohav i
ngs eenhi m al ive.
)
*ForAme ric
anr eader
s,t
heFirstFl
oorme ansthe out;i
tprobabl
ywouldhavel
edtof
atalc
omplicat
ions
f
irstf
loorabovethegroundfl
oor— inotherwords,regar
dle
ss.These
condblowcav
edinhisskul
l
t
hes econdfl
oor.WhatAme ri
canscallt
hefirs
t complet
ely.
f
loortheBrit
ishrefert
oasthe“GroundFloor.”
—Thekill
erprobabl
ygotsomebl oodorbr ai
nmat t
er
—t
heMus
eum ope
nedat2:
00PM,asus ora
ualf onhiscl
othes.Howeve
r,noo new assee
n w al
king
t
hroughorleavingt
hemus e
um int hatcondit
ion.
Sunday .Duet othepubl ici
tysurroundingt he
Ishtarexhibit,amode ratecrowdofv is
itorshe aded—Thebl oodont hefl
oorar oundLor dAr t
hurwass ti
ll
fortheBaby lonianandAs s
yrianRoom r ightaway .wet.
The ygotthereonl ytodiscoverLordAr thur ’
s
bloody,li
felessbody .Theyquicklyreportedt hist
o —Scotl
andYar dhast alkedtonume rouspersonsLord
Mus eum official
s,whoc all
edSc otl
andYar d. Art
huras soci
atedwith,includingallthesuspect
s
De t
e c
tive
sc ordone dofftheroom andbe ganan l
ist
edabov eunde r“
Dr amat isPers
onae .
”The yhave
investi
gati
on. nosoli
ds uspect
s.The yreali
z ef
rom theinte
r vi
ews
thatmanypeopl
edidn’
tli
keLordArt
hurmuch,but
—LordArt
hurwas“ bl
udge
onedtodeat
hwithone nothi
ngpoint
stoanyonehat
inghi
me nought
okill
oft
heexhi
bit
’sar
tif
acts
”(t
hepaper
sprovi
deno him.
f
urt
herde
tai
ls,att
hei
nsi
ste
nceofSc
otl
andYar
d)
—accordi
ngt ot
het er
msofhi swil
l,LordArthur’s
pri
mar yhei
rishisadoles
centson,Gordon(whoof
I
ftheinvest
igat
orsl
ookatlat
erpape r
s,uptothe cours
ealsoinher
itshisti
tl
e).Hismother,t
he
papersfrom t
hedayLadyHonor i
ac omestohir
e wi dowedLadyMar ian,wil
ladministe
rtheMe ndham
them,theywilldi
scov
erthatSc
otlandYardhas est
ateasGordon’sguardi
anunt i
lhereacheslegalage
.
madel ittl
epr ogresswi tht hec ase.Dependingon
howt heMas termi ndwant stor unthec ase,the I
ftheMas te
rmindwant stohelp(ordi s
trac t
..
.)t
he
l
e adde tec
t i
vec ouldbeanNPCwhohasappe ared invest
igatorsbypassi
ngalonganyot herinformation
inthec ampai gnbe f
ore,orane wde te
ctiv
e ortips,t
h isi
s agoodti
me t
o doit.
introduc edi ntothe i
radv e nturesforthefirstti
me .
(Int hel at
terc ase,itisprobabl ybe sttomaket he
Clue:Lor dArthurwashitfrom behind.
de t
ec ti
vehe lpful,oratl eas tnotahi ndrance;the
inves ti
gatorshav ee noughpr oble
mst ohandl ein Lead:Theki ll
erwassteal
thye nought oappr oach
thisc asewi thoutanof f
iciousde tecti
vedisrupting LordAr thurunde t
ect
ed.
theirs l
e uthing.)
Lead:Thekil
lerambus
hedLor
dAr
thur
,taki
nghi
m
Tal
kingToTheYar
d bysurpri
se.
Assumingt hei nvesti

gatorshave“ f
rie
nds ”at Lead:LordAr thurknewhiski
ll
e rwellenoughtotur
n
ScotlandYar d,orar ewi l
lingtorel
yont heirsocial hisback onhim. (
True)
skil
lsandSt atust ogetac cess
,theycant alktot he
poli
ceaboutt heMe ndham mur derinves t
igati
on.
Clue:Not r
aceofthekill
erwasfoundaft e
rthe
Thiss houl
donl yr equireSki l
lRoll
sifthe yhav eto
disc
ov e
ryofthebody .
persuade(orot he rwiseconv i
nce)some onet ohe lp
them.I nst
ead,j ustroleplaythepartofade te
c t
ive Lead:Theki l
lermustnothavehadtol eavethe
andpas salongt hef ol
lowi nginf
ormat i
ont ohe lp Mus eum — perhapshewasempl oye
dt hereinsome
thei
ri nves
tigation: capacit
y.
—t hemur derweaponwasas t
atueoft
hegoddes
s Lead:Thekill
ercoulde
asi
lyhavemingle
dwiththe
Ishtarc
ar ve
dfrom st
one.Iti
saboutafootl
ong peoplevi
sit
ingtheMuseum andsl
ippedoutbef
ore
andwe ighsnearl
yfif
typounds. thepoli
cecouldact.
—LordArthurwashitt
wic
e.Thefi
rstbl
ow,fr
om Lead:Fort
hekill
ert
osli
poutunnot
iced,hewoul
d
havehadtochangec
lot
hesorcov
erhims e
lfs
oany
be
hind,badl
ycracke
dhisskul
landknocke
dhim
bloodstai
nsonwhathewor ewhe nhekill
ed SCENE3–CHARACTER
LordAr thurdidnots how.Thati ndicat
esthe INVESTI
GATI
ONS
kil
lerplannedthemur deri nadvanceand
preparedforthis,andt hathehadawayt o Refe
rt ot
hisscenewhenevertheinves
tigat
ors
carrysomes ortofextrac lot
hinginandout questi
onanyoft hesuspe
ctsorotherpersonsof
withoutattr
actingatt
e ntion.(True) inte
rest.UsetheRuleofFourtode t
ermineif
ThreatMe t
erincreas
esarerequir
ed.
Clue :Thestat
ueofIshtarus
edasthemurde
r
we aponissohe avyonlyast
rongper
sonc
ould Atthispointt heinvesti
gatorss houl dhave
hav ewielde
di tasaclub. plentytoke ept hem occ
upi ed— s pe ci
fi
call
y,
theyhav eal otofpotenti
als uspe c
tst otal
k
Lead:Givent
henatureofthemurde
rweapon, with.Thismake sforarol e
playing- heavy
thekil
lermustbequi
testr
ong,andt
her
eforea invest
igati
on,s otheMas terminds hould
man. seasonthei ntervi
ews ceneswi ths ome
acti
on-orient e
de ncountersifthepl ayers
Lead:Thestat
ueofIsht
arisnotasheav
yasit needabr eakf rom questioningt hose
se
e msatfi
rstgl
ance
;ahe al
thyadul
tcouldat involve
d.Somepos si
bil
itiesinclude :
l
eastpic
kitup.
—whi let hei nv estigatorsareintheBr it
ish
Lead:Thestatueisnotthatheavy— mos t Mus eum t ot alkt oSwanni ck,Hings t
on,or
healt
hyadultscouldhavepickeditupand Che verall,ar obbe ryattemptunr elat
edt othe
swungit.Howe ver
,awkwar dnessand/orlac
k mur deroc cur s.Nat urall
y,thehe roic
ofstr
engthcouldexplai
nwhyt heki l
lerhadto investi
gat orswi llattemptt ost
ops uch
st
riketwoblowstokillLordAr t
hur.(True) dastardlyde e ds!I ftheysucceed,partic
ularly
withoutal l
owi nganyoft heMus eum’ s
pricele
s st r
e as urestoc omet oharm,Mus e
um
RESOLVEAWARD: off
icials(inc ludingSwanni ck)wi l
lbemuc h
fri
endliert owar dt he m,andmuc hmor e
Awardeachi
nves
tigatoronepoi
ntofRe
sol
ve incl
inedt obehe lpfulwhe npossible.
f
orthei
rthor
oughpr e
parati
on.
—as uspe cttakesumbr ageatt hewaythe
inves
tigatorsque sti
onhi m andl as
hesout
.
Thisismos tli
kelywi t
hSanj ar,butdes
pit
ehi
s
sle
nde rphy siqueDr .Hi ngston’snosl
ouch
aft
ery earsofar chaeological
expeditioneering.
—onc etheThr eatMeterris

estoahi gh
enoughl e
v e
l,LadyMar ian(or
,mor e
accurat
ely,some ones
hehasdi rectorindir
ect
inf
luenceov er)maysendRe probatesaft
er
theinvest
igators.
—LadyMar i
anc overt
lyalert
st hepapers
aboutthei nvesti
gatorsandt heiract
ivi
ti
es,
causingallsortsofproblemsf orthem.
Alter
nat el
y,ifaninv e
stigat
orhasgonet o
greatlengthstohidehi s“hobby ”fr
om
andhec er
tainl
ydi dnotunderstandhowt o
s
ociet
y,s
hemaytrytoblac
kmai
lhim(agai
n, arrangeamus eum exhi
bitproperlyorthe
t
hroughint
erme
diar
ies
,notdi
rec
tly
). reali
tie
sofr unningamus eum. ”(Cheve
r al
lcan
providespe c
ifi
cinformati
ont obackuphi s
—Hings tonorCheveral
l“ c
ommi tssuici
de” asserti
ons,butatl e
asthal
fofitisopinionand
wit
ht hehe l
pofsomeRe probate
s,thus noneofi tisrel
e v
anttothecase .
)
i
mpl i
citl
y“ c
onfess
ing”toLor dArthur’s
murde randc ompli
cati
ngt heinvest
igator
s’ “Ye s
,i tist r
uet hatwegoti ntoanar gume ntthe
j
ob. Fr i
daybe forehi sde ath.Hewant edtoarrangea
significantpar toft hee xhibitbasedonae sthetic
pr i
ncipl estothede tri
me ntoft hepublic’
sabi l
ity
Br
iti
shMus
eum Pe
rsonne
l tolear nf rom thear t
ifact
s,andIs aiditshouldbe
other wise .Iam nots urpri
s e
dot herpeoplei nthe
Iftheinv esti
gatorshav eanys ortofof f
icial Mus e um he ar
duss hout i
ngatoneanot her.I
sanc ti
on( forexampl e,oneoft hemi sa regretl osingmyt empe randapol ogize
dt oLor d
de tect
ive),allMus eum pe rsonnelnotname d Ar t
hurf oritthene xtday— t houghhe ,ofcour se,
be l
owwi l
lc ooperatewitht hem generally.The didnotr e ci
proc ate.Andofc oursehegothi sway .
sameappl iesifaninv esti
gatorcanmakeus eof Iwi shy oul uckt r y
ingt ode t
e r
minet heevolution
Statust oimpr essthem,butke epinmi ndt hat ofMe sopot amianr eli
giouspr act
icesfrom the
mos toft heMus eum’sof fi
cial
shav eac ertain orde roft hee xhi bit
.”
standingt he mselves(Status3-4,some time s
eve n5).Lowe r-
rankinge mpl oyeeswillofc ourse “Yes,Iwasatt hepar t
ySaturdaynight.Ionly
bene r
vousaboutr evealingany t
hingthe yt hink spoketoLor dAr thurbri
efl
yt obepolit
eandt o
mi ghtbes e nsi
tiveorsec ret
,forfearofl osing int
roduc emywi fe.Shewasqui techarmedby
the i
rjobs. him;mos tpe
opl eare.Hi
swi feLadyMar ianwas
theretoo,butIdi dnotme ether.Idonott hi
nkI
St
ewar
tChe
ver
all eversawt hemt ogethert
hewhol ee v
ening.”
Whe ninter
vi ewe d(probablyattheMus eum) , “Idi
dnoti
ceacert
ain.
..f
ros
tine
ssbet
weenDr.
Che ver
allwil
lnotbeov ert
lyantagonisti
ct oward Hingst
onandhi
swi f
e.Idonotknowwhatt
hat
theinvesti
gator s,buthewi llnotbefriendl yor wasabout
,butt
heydidnotseemtobeinasoc
ial
anymor ehe l
pf ulthanhehast obe .Hisat tit
ude , mood.”
wi t
hintheboundsofVi ct
orianBr i
tis
hpr opr i
ety,
wi l
lbeoneofs urli
ness,disl
ikeof“ bei
ngt reate
d “Sanjar
?Youme anLordArthur’
smans erv
ant?
asifIwe reac ommonc ri
mi nal,
”andr ese ntme nt Heal wayss
eemedtobelurkingaround.The
athav i
nghiswor kinterruptedfornogood brutefri
ght
enedme ,t
obehone s
t.Ihavene v
er
reason. seenanyonesobigandst
rong.”
Theinvest
igat orscanlearnt hefoll
owi ngf acts
from Cheveralliftheyas kther i
ghtques tions. “Si
rRandol phandLordAr t
hurar eolds c
hool
chums,Ibe l
ieve
.Theystudi
e dtogetheratOxf
ord
“Iworkedcl
osel
ywi t
hLor dArthurforthepast andhav ebeenclos
efri
endse ve
rs ince.Si
r
seve
ralmonthspreparingtheTempleofIshtar Randolph’samuc hbet
terscholar,thoughhei
s
exhi
bit.Weweretogetheralmostdai
ly,of
tenfor notfamousl i
keLordArthur.
”
hoursatati
me .
”
“Ileftthec e
lebrati
onabout9: 00PM and
“I
’venevermadeanys ecr
etofthefac
tthatIdid returne dhomewi t
hmywi fe.Sundaywe
notparti
cul
arl
yliketheman.Hedi dnotthi
nk attende dchurchwi tht
hec hi
ldrenandt henhad
muc hofme,andIdi dnotthinkmuchofhim. lunche on.Iarri
v edattheMus eum atabout1:
00
Hewasanar rogantblowhardwhousedhis PM. ”
mone yandposit
iontogethisway.His (Wi tnessescanc orr
oborat
ehisappe aranc
eat
schol
arshi
pandme t
hodswe resus
pectatbes
t, chur chandl uncheon.)
“No,Iam notsor
ryheisde
ad.ButIdi
dnot “LordAr thurwasac ompe t
entscholarandf i
eld
kil
lhi
m.Ihav enoide
awhodid.” man,butnotasbr i
lli
antasthepape rswould
havey oube l
iev
e.Mor ethanaf e
wofhi sfi
nds
ands cholarl
yargume nt
swe reactuall
ymadeby
Cl
ue:Stewar
tChever
allandLordAr
thurwe
re me ,orbyot her
swi t
husont heexpediti
ons.”
st
rongl
yatoddsov
erthee xhi
bit
. (Again,otherexpedit
ionme mbe rscan
corroboratethi
s,ascanLor dArthur’spri
vate
Lead:Cheve
ral
lwasbit
terandangr
yenough journalsandnotes.)
overhowLordArt
hurtreat
edhimthathe
couldhav
esnappedandkil
ledhi
m. “IdonotknowwhatIwi lldonow.Ic annot
affor dt ofundar chaeol ogicalexpe ditionsmy s
e lf
Le ad:Che verallne vert riedt ohi dehi sdi s
- thewayLor dAr t
hurc oul d,andIdonott hinkI ’
d
agr eeme ntswi thLor dAr thur ;ifhec ommi tted hav emuc hl uc ks ec
ur ingt hepat r
onageof
themur de rhef ooli
shl yat t
rac teds uspiciont o anot he rlor dort heMus eum — s i
nceLor dAr t
hur
hims el
f. tookc reditf oral lofmywor k.Nooneknows
whatIhav er eallyac compl is
he dormyt rue
Le ad:Che verallcanbehot -he ade d,buthe capac i
ty.”
doe snots eemt hety pet ogi vei nt ov iolence .
(Tr ue) “Ye s,Iwasatt hepar tySat urdayni ghtwi thmy
wi f
e .Is pe nts omet i
mes peakingwi t
hLor d
Ar thur ,butonl yhadt hec hanc etos ayhe lloto
Roge rHi ngs ton LadyMar ian— s hewasnott oge t
herwi t
hhi m
thee ntireni ght ,asfarasIs aw.”
Whe ni nterv iewe d( pr obabl yatt he
Mus eum) ,Dr .Hi ngs tonwi lls e e
m al ittl
e “Mr s.Hi ngs tonandIhadanar gume ntabouta
ne rvousatbe ingque s t
ione d,butc oope rati
v e pe rsonalmat terbe foret hepar t yandwe renot
enough.Cl eve rinv estigat orsmaynot emor e reallyi nt hemoodt obef riendlyt ooneanot her .I
thanat ouc hofbi t
ter ne ssinhi smanne rand am s or ryot he rsnot ic
e d,t hough.Wewe res o
tonee ve nifthe ydonotas kt her ightque s
tions ups ett hats hel e f
ttogos tayathe rmot her’sand
tof indoutwhy .Hav et hei nv e st
igat orsmake Ir eturne dt oourhome .”
Obs ervationRol l
sataChal lengi ng( 4)
Di ffi
cul ty.Wi th1or2s uc cess est he ype rceive “ Thec aus eofourar gume ntwasape rsonal
hisbi tterne ssbutc hal ki tupt opr ofessional mat t
e rbe twe ent het woofus .”
differenc e s
/riv alri
es;wi th3ormor esuc cesses
the yr ealizeitr unsde epe rt hant hat— t he r
e “Ve rywe ll”(hes ayswi thar esigneds igh).“Ify ou
wass ome thingpe rsonalbe twe ent het wome n. mus tknow,Il e arnedr e centlythatmywi feand
Thei nv e st
igat orsc anl e arnt hef ollowi ng Lor dAr thurhadbe e nc ar ryi
ngonanaf f
airforat
factsf rom Dr .Hi ngs toni ft he yas kt her ight leastt hepas tt woy ear s.Asf arasIknowi twe nt
que s t
ions . onr i
ghtupunt ilhedi e d.”
“Yes,IwasLor dAr thur ’

sassist
antbot hint he “Ilearnedwhe nIcaughthe rprepar i
ngt omai la
fiel
dandhe reathome— hi ssecondi n lette
rt ohi m andins i
stedonknowi ngwhati twas
command,i fyouwi ll.Wehav ewor ked allabout .Shebr okedownandc onfessed.Yes,I
togetherfornearlyade cade.Hes av e
dmyl ife stil
lhav ethel ett
er.”(Hi ngs t
onwi l
lre f
usetogi v
e
onac oupleofoccas i
ons ,andIdi dthes ame thelettert otheinv es
tigat orsunl es
sf orced—
forhim — nott haty ouwoul de verknowt hat eitherbe causeoneoft he m hass omes ortof
from thewayhet alkedaboutoure xpe dit
ions.” offic
ialpowe r,ortheyphy sical
lythr eatenhi
m,
(Hings t
onc anprov ides peci
ficanecdot e
st o pe rs
uadehi m,ort helike .Alternatelytheycoul d
backupwhathes ay s,andot herexpe dit
ion stealitfrom hi shouse,orc onvinceMr s.
me mbe rscanc orrobor atehisstat
eme nt
s.) Hi ngstont oletthems e arc hforit.Findingitin
Hingston’sbedroom r e
qui re
sas uc
cessf
ul “
Mr .Hingst
onandIhav ebee
nmar ri
edfors
eve
n
Observati
onSki llRollatAv erage(3)Diff
icul
ty. years
.Weme tt
hroughamutualf
rie
ndofour
Theunmai l
edlettercontainss omeangry mothers’
.Wehav enotbee
nbless
edwith
sent
ime nts,eve
nangr i
erthant hos
eStephanie chil
drenyet
.”
expre
ss e
di nherl astl
ettertoLor dArthur.
)
“Idonotknowany t
hingabouthi s toryordi gging
“Sundaymor ningIar os eandhadbr eakfast.No, uppot ter y,butIt r
yt obes uppor tiveofmy
noones awme ;Iwasbymy se lfatmyhome .Ime t husband.Iv i
sitedhims e veralt i
me sonhi s
mywi featc hur chandwer ec onc ilede noughf or e xpedi t i
ons .”
hert oc omehome .Ididnotgot ot heMus eum
untilIle arne dofLor dAr thur ’sde ath.”(Wi tnesses“ Wec e rtainlycouldnotaf fordf ormet ot ravel
canc onf irmt hathewasi nc hur chwi thMr s. abroadt hatway .Myt r ipswe remadepos sibleby
Hings ton,andt hathec amet ot heMus eum at thege ner osit
yofmyhus band’ se mpl oy er,Lor d
about3: 00PM. ) Arthur .Iam s urehedi ds imilarlyki ndt hingsfor
otherv alue dempl oyees .”
“Iam s or ryhei sde adbe caus ei twi llcaus eme
greatdi fficultyi nmywor ks ituat ion.Idi dnotki l
l“ Yes,Iat tende dthepar tySat ur dayni ght .Mr .
him,andIhav enoi deawhodi d.” Hings tonandIhadanar gume nte arlierthat
afternoonandwe renotont hebe s tofte rms ,soI
didnots taylong;Is pe ntt heni ghtatmy
Clue:TheHi ngs tonsdi dnots pendmuc ht i
me mot he r’shomeout si
deofLondon.Is poket o
togethe ratt hec el
e brationonSat ur dayni ght. LordAr thurbr ief
ly;hewasasc har mingas
usual .Ionl yme thiswi febr i
e fl
y;t heydi dnot
Lead:Thi si snotunus ual;s hej us ti snoti nterest
eds eemt os pendanyt imet ogethe ral levening. ”
inhis“ shopt alk”wi thhi spr ofe ssionalc olleagues.
“Ime tRoge ratc hurcht hene xtmor ningaf ter
Lead:The ymus thav ehads omes or tof havingbr eakfastwithmymot he r
.We
disagree me nt,butt he repr obabl yi snotmor etoitr econc iled,ands pentt her estoft hedayatour
thant hat .Mar r i
e dc oupl esquar relal lthet i
me . home .”( Themot hercanv erifythet r
uthoft he
breakf ast ,butwhatmot he rwoul dnotl ieto
Lead:Thet wooft hem de f
inite lybe havedc oldly pr otec the ronlydaught er ?Wi tne ssesc anat tes
t
towar doneanot he r
.As eriousr if
tofs omes orthast hatt hec ouplewasi nc hur cht oge ther.)
arisenbe twe e nt he m.( True )
“I’
ms ur eIdonotknowwhaty ouar ere f
e r
ring
to.Ihav ene verbeeni nv ol vedinany thing
Stephani eHi ngs ton remot elys candalous.”
Whe ni nterv ie
we d( athe rhome ),Mr s.Hingston “Thatisade eplyoff ensiveinsinuation,sir,andI
wi l
lbene rvousanddi s
t r
aught .Shei sobv i
ously mus tinsis
tt haty ouapol ogi z
e.”
grief
-stricken( t
hought hei nvestigatorswon’ t
knowi t’sov erLor dAr thurunt ilthe yas kabout ( Withal it
t l
es ob.)“Ye s,ye s
,itisalltrue.Arthur
that).Shei st oofright e
ne dandr e mor sefulto andIwe reromant icallyinvolved.Wehadbe en
dissembl e,thoughr udeori nde l
icat eque sti
onswillforaboutt woy ears.Weme twhe nheandRoge r
shockhe rintoanof fende ds il
enc e. we r
ehomef rom oneoft he i
re xpediti
ons ,andwe
fel
linlove .Whe nIv isite
dt hee xpe di
tionsitwas
Theinv estigatorsc anl earnt hef oll
owi ngfacts t oseehi m,notRoge r.”
from Mr s.Hi ngs toni ftheyas kt her ightque st
ions.
(Mas termi nds ,donotf orgethe rSc ottishaccent ( As t
ronge rsob.)“ Oh,i twasawf ul.Afterhe
whe ny out akeonhe rrole -ifyoul iket odo camehomet hist i
me ,het ol
dmewec ouldnotbe
accents.) togetherany mor e— hewast err
ifi
e dofthe
scandal.Ibe ggedhi m nott oabandonme ,buthe
ne
ve rdid.Nowhene
verc
an!
”(Ext
ende
d Art
hur,changi
ngclot
hes,andmaki
ngitto
weeping.) c
hurchontimearesoremoteast
oborderont
he
i
mpossi
ble.(Tr
ue)
“IdonotknowifLadyMar i
anwer
eawareof
ourromance.Fr
om thewayArt
hurspoke
,Ido LadyMar
ianMe
ndham
notbel
iev
eshewas,though.
”
Ev eni fthei nv est
igat orshav epowe rf
ulof ficial
“Iwasal i
ttl
eups etwhe nIwr otethoselas
postiti
onsorhi ghSt atus ,ge ttingt os eeand
lett
ers,especial
lyt heoneRoge rstoppedme
inter v
i ewLadyMar ianwi llre qui res omee ffor t
.
from sending,butt hatwasonl yheartbr
e ak
Citingt hefac tthathe rent iref ami l
yi sin
anddi stre
sss peaki ng.Ic oul
dne verhurt
mour ni ng,andt hats hehast ol ookaf terhe r
Ar t
hur,Ilovedhi m! ”(Ones uc ces
sona bere av edc hildren,s hewi llr e buf fallattempt st o
Pe r
ceptionSki l
lRol latAv er
age( 3)Diff
ic
s ul
pe t
y
akwi thhe rforasl ongass her eas onablyc an.
conv i
ncesthei nv estigatorst
hats heistel
Ili
fing
tr eac hest hepoi ntwhe r ehe rr efusalss eem
thetruthwhe ns hes ay sshelovedhi m.Buti
sus t
pi ciouss hewi l
lac qui esce .Buti fs hehasa
requiresthrees uc cessesatChal l
enging(s4)
ociallyac ce ptabler easonf ornott alkingt ot he
Di f
fi
cultytov erifythat“ Icouldne verhur
i t
nve stigators( eveni fitisj us t“ Iwoul dne ver
him”i salsotrue .
) assoc iatewi thpe r
sonss uc hasy our selves”),s he
willpe r sis
ti nhe runav ail
abi lity .(Ifcor nered
some whe re,suchasatas oc i
alf unc ti
on,s hewi l
l
Clue:TheHi ngst
onsdi dnotspendmuchtme di
i se ngageasqui cklyandpol it elyass hec an.
toget
heratthec el
ebrati
ononSat ur
dayni
ght. The ns hewi llgot owor kus inghe rinfluenc eand
we altht or emov ethei nv estigat or sasat hreatt o
Lead:Thisisnotunus ual
;shejusti
snot he r.Thes ameappl ie sifthe ybe c omet oo
inte
restedinhis“shoptalk”wit
hhis pe r
s is
t entinanyot he ratte mpt st oint ervie
w
profes
sionalcol
leagues. he r.)
Lead:Theymusthavehads omes ortof Ifshedoe ss peakt ot hei nves tigat or s
,Lady
dis
agreement
,butthereprobabl
yi snotmor e Mar i
anwi llus ehe rAc t i
ngSki lltof eignt ruegr i
ef
toitt
hanthat
.Marriedcouplesquarrelal
lthe ov erhe rhus band’ sde ath.I tisnotahar dac tto
ti
me . be l
ieve,sinc emos tpeopl eassumes hei s,inf act
,
inmour ni ng.Butt hei nv e s
tigat orss houldge tto
Lead:Thetwoofthem def
ini
telybehav
ed makePe rce ptionSki llRol l
sagai ns ta
col
dlytowardoneanot
he r
.Ase ri
ousri
ftof Chal l
engi ng( 4)Di ffi
cul tytor e alizes heisnot
somesorthasari
senbetweenthem.(True) qui t
eass adass hepr etendst obe .Oneort wo
suc ces
s esme ant heyr ealizes hei ss hammi nga
bit,butt he yc hal kitupt ot ryingt oputona
Clue:Stephani
eHi ngs
tonstaye
dwithher prope rfac ef ors ocietyr athe rthananymor e
mothe ronSaturdaynight
,butmether sinistermot iv ati
on.Thr eeormor es uccess esand
husbandatc hur
c honSunday. the yrealizehe rmot i
vat ionsf ort hepr etens erun
de eper.
Lead:Unlessonetakest hewordofStephani e
’s
motheratfaceval
ue ,herwhe r
eaboutsfrom Thei nvest
igatorscanlearnthefollowi ngfact
s
theti
mes helef
tthepar tyunti
lshearri
ve dat f rom LadyMar ianiftheyaskt heri
ghtque st
ions.
churchonSundaymor ningareunaccount e
d I
fatanypoi ntshef eelsshehaslostc ontrolofthe
for
. s
ituati
on,shewi l
lici
lybringtheinterv i
ewt oa
c
loseasqui ckl
yaspos si
bleandhav et he
Lead:Ste
phanieHi ngstondidnotarriv
el ateto i
nv e
stigat
orse s
c ort
edf r
om thepr e
mi ses
churchonSunday . i
mme diat
ely— andt heThr eatMe t
ergoe sup
(
pos s
iblybymor ethanones tep).
Lead:ThechancesofSt ephani
ekill
ingLor d
dre
ssed,andwentdown,Ar
thurhadalr
eadyleft
.
Thepartywast
helastt
imeIeversawhim al
ive
.”
::
chagri
neds igh:
:“Yes,Iwasawaret hatmy
husbandwashav inganaffai
rwitht hatdreary
Scott
ishgi
rl.Me nwillbemen,aft
e rall.Il
ethim
havehisfr
ee dom wit
houtcomplaintandhel et
mer unthehous ehol
dande st
ateasIs awf i
t.
”
“
No,Ihav
ene ve
rbeenunf
ait
hfult
omyhus band
i
nanyway,andIbi
tt
erl
yrese
ntthatque
sti
on.”
“Yes,LordArthurandIhadanar gumentlas
t
Fri
dayni ght
.No,Iwillnottellyouwhatitwas
about.Itwasadeeplypersonalmat t
erbetweena
husbandandawi f
ethatIwillthankyounotto
ref
ertoagain.”
Clue:LordArt
hurandLadyMariandi
dnotsee
m
tospendmuc hti
metoge
theratt
hecel
ebr
ati
on
Saturdayni
ght.
Le ad:The reisnot hings uspi ci

ousi nthis;s he
“No,Idi dnotr eallyknowanyofmyhus band’ s ne ede dt omi ngl ewithhe rs ocialit
ef riends,whi le
colle ague s.Ihav ede altwi thSanj arf reque nt l
y,of hemai nlys pokewi thhi scolleague s
.
cour se ,buthei sjus tas ervant .Outofr espe ctfor
myl at ehus bandIhav eke pthi m on,butwi t
h Le ad:I t’sal ittl
eoddt hatnoonec anr ecallseeing
Ar thurgoneIe xpe cthewi l
lwi shtor e turnt ohi s the mt oge ther— butnotne c essarilystrange ,
nat ivel ands oone nough.Ihav eme tDr . givent hes i
zeands c opeoft hepar ty.
Hi ngs tonons ev eraloc casions .Hes ee msl ikea
poli te,c apabl eman.Ihav ene verme thi swi fe Le ad:Somes tr
ongt e nsione xis
tedbe twe e
nt he
thatIr e call.
” tw o o fthe m; t heyw er ea ngry w i
th one ano ther
butc ov eringi twe ll
.( True )
“Ofc our seIwasatt hec elebr ationSat ur day
night .I twasawonde rfulaf fairhonor ingAr thur
foral lhi shar dwor kands cie ntifi
c TheMe ndham Se rvant s
acc ompl ishme nts.Igott os eemanyol df r
ie nds .
Unf or tunat e l
yIde velope das plit
ti
nghe adac he— Thei nv estigatorsmayal sowi s ht oque stion
Ige tt he ms ome ti
me s— andhadt ol eav ee arly.I someoral loft heMe ndhams ’s
e rvants.Lady
camebac khe re,hads omet ea,andwe ntto Mar ianwi llnotpe rmi tthis.Shemake sexc usesif
slee p.”( SeeTheMe ndham Se rvants,be l
ow,f or shec an,buti fs hehasnoot he ral t
e rnatives he
mor ei nf or mat ion.I ft hei nv estigatorsc ange t state sflat-o ut thatsh e ref
u se sto l
e tthe
acc es st ohe rme dicalr ecords ,orpe rsuadehe r inv estigator spr yintoMe ndham f ami lyaffairs
doc tort ov i
olat edoc tor-pat ientc onf i
de ntiality, thatway .Sot heoddsar ethei nv estigatorswi ll
the yc anv erifyt hatLadyMe ndham hass uffered onl yge tt hec hancet ot alktot hes e rvantswhe na
from mi graine si nthepas tandhaspr es cr
ipt i
on serv anti soutr unni ngane r rand,hasadayof f
,or
me di c inet ot akef ort he m. ) the like .T his ma yre qu i
re trickery an d/or some
Ski l
lRol lsont heirpar t.
“Is lepti nl atet hene xtmor ningandwokeup
feelingqui ter efr eshe d.Byt het imeIar ose,
Theot he ri sLadyMar ian’sc hauf feur ,Andr ew.
TheMe ndham s e rvant swi l
lallv eri
fyLady
Hehasbe e nwi tht heMe ndham f ami lyf orne arly
Me ndham’ ss t
oryr e gardinghe rac tiv i
ti
e sand
ade c adeandi sus uallyt heonet odr iv eLady
whe reabout s— notonl yar ethe yloy altohe rin
Mar i
anwhe rev ers hewant st ogo.Ov e rt hepas t
gene r
al,noneoft hem wantt oloset he i
rj obs.
seve raly ear shehast ake nhe rt omany
Theyge nuine l
yr espe c
the rons omel evel,but
“que s ti
onabl e”pl ace s,buthedoe snots ayawor d
theyar eal soafraidofhe r
.Howe ver,the yall
—i ti snothi spl ac et oc omme ntont heac tiv
ities
knowLadyMe ndham ac t
ual l
ydi dnotc ome
ofhi sbe tte rs.( Amongot he rthi ngs ,hepi cked
homet hatni ght;i nf act,shedidnotr eturn
herupne art heBr itishMus eum af tert he
untilshor tl
yaf ter2: 00PM onSunday .
mur de r;hewaswai ti
ngf orhe ratas pe cific
Investigatorsc anmakePe rceptionSki l
lRol ls
locationandt imepe rhe ri nst ruc tions .)He
againstAv erage( 3)Di ffic
ultytode termi nei f
assume ss hehashadas eriesofaf fairs ,nott hat
theyar ehi dings ome thing.Conv i
nc i
ngt hemt o
shei smi xe dupwi thbac kr oom pol itic sandi llic
it
betrayt heire mpl oye rwi l
llikel
ypr ov ehar der,
deal i
ngs .Buti fthei nv e stigat or se v erl ear nabout
howe ve r.The ymayhav etor esorttot hre ats
,
thee xt e ntofLadyMar i an’smac hinat ions ,his
bri
be ry,oras ucc essfulChar m SkillRol lv er
sus
testimonyaboutwhe rehet ookhe rwhe n( hehas
aDe mandi ng( 5)Di ff i
culty.
ane ar -phot ogr aphi cme mor yf ors uc hmat ters,
andf ormapsanddi re ctions )c oul dpr ov e
Thes e rvant sc anal sopr ov ideanot he rus eful
inval uabl e .Whi l
ehei snotasl oy alasVe ra,hei s
pie ceofi nfor mat ion:Fr idayni ghtLor dAr thur
sti
lls trongl yde v ote dt ot heMe ndhamsi n
andLadyMar ianhadaf ur iousr owi nt heir
gene r alandLadyMar iani npar ticul ar .Hewi llbe
be droom.Noneoft hes er vant sknowe xact l
y
atoughnutf ort hei nv e stigat or st oc rac k.
whati twasabout ,butt het woc oul dbehe ard
yellingatoneanot he ral lthewaydowni nt he
mai nhal l
.Someoft hes e rv ant shav ethei de a
Clue :Se rv ant she ardLor dAr thurandLady
thatt hef ighti nv olve dbus ine ssorpol itics
,but
Mar i
anar gui ngont heFr idayni ghtbe for eLor d
noonec ans ayf orc e rtainbe c aus enoneof
Arthur ’sde ath.
the m dar e dge tc losee nought ot hedoort o
he arc lear ly.
Lead:Thi sdoe snots e emt obeany thing
unus ual ;mar riedc oupl eshav emi nors pat sall
TwoofLadyMar ian’ ss erv ant sc anpr ovide
thet ime .
par ticular lydamni nge vide nc eagai ns the r,
thoughge ttingt he mt ot alkwi l
lbel i
kepul ling
Lead:Thi ss ee msl ikemor et hanami norquar rel
;
teeth.Thef irst,he rpe rsonalmai dVe r a
perhapst he irmar riagewasi ns omedi fficulty.
Thomps on,hasbe enwi thhe rs i
nc es he( Lady
Mar ian)was1 5,andy ouc oul dnotas kf ora
Lead:Eac hoft he m wase xt reme lyangr yatt he
mor ef aithf ul,pr otec tives er vant— andan
othe r— pe rhaps ,inLadyMar ian’ sc as e,angr y
insight ful ,int elligentoneatt hat .Whe nLady
enought oki l
l.( Tr ue )
Mar iangothomef rom t heMus eum s hegav e
he rbl ood- staine dc lothe st oVe r
at ocle anor
dispos eof( asne cess ary) ,andVe r adi dt hej ob
Clue :LadyMar ian’ smai d,Ve raThomps on,
wi thouthe sitat i
on( thoughs hewasdi sturbe d
seemst obehi di ngs ome thi ng.
byt het houghtofwhathe rmi stres smi ghthav e
done ).Shewi llde flec tallque sti
onsputt ohe r
Lead:Thi si snotunus ual ;iti snat ur alf ora
wi ths tate me nt sl i
ke ,“ Ire allydon’ tknow,s ir.I
dev ote ds erv antnott owantt os pe akofhe r
didn’ ts eeany thi ng;I ’mj us tanol ds er vantand
mis tre ss’spr ivateac t
iv ities.
don’ tnot icemuc h.”( Shemaye venpl e adpoor
eye sight ,whi chi spar ti
al lyt rue .
)Onl yi ftake n
Lead:Thi ss ee mst ogobe y ondt hel eve lof
downt oSc ot landYar dandc onv inc i
ngl y
discr etiononewoul de xpe c tfrom al oy als er
v ant;
thr eate ne dwi thj ailt imef orc ompl ici
tyi na
Ver amayknowmor et hanj us tt heus ualf odde r
mur de rwi l
ls het e l
lwhats heknows .
forgos s i
p.
Lead:Ve ra’sde f
init
elyc onceali
ngs ome t
hing “Sundaymor ningIwashe reatthehous e
.Af t
er
important ,butge t
ti
nghe rtotalkwi llnotbee asy. assisti
ngLor dAr t
hurt odress,Ispentthe
(True) mor ningc leaningandr epairi
ngs omeofhi s
clothesi nthes erv
ant ’ssecti
onoft hehous e
be l
ows tairs
.”(Alltheot hers er
vantscanc onfi
rm
Clue:TheMe ndhamshav eachauf f
e ur,Andre w, t his.)
whodr ivesLadyMar i
anwhe reve rs
hewant stogo.
“LadyMar i
anhasgr aciouslyoffere
dmea
Lead:Andr ews eemslikeapl eas ant,loyalchap positioni nhe rhouse hold,whi c
hIhav eac c
epted.
whodoe s n’tknowany thingofv alue. Ima y s
o med ayreturn to Persi
a,though,ifthe
poss i
bilit
yofme aningf ulemploy mentthere
Lead:Andr ewc ert
ainlyknowswhe rehehast aken present sits
e l
f.”
LordAr thur ,LadyMar ian,andot heri mportant
me mbe r
soft hehous ehold,andwhe n,buthei s “Ihav enoi de ahows trongIam,s i
r.Ihavene ve
r
loyalt
ohi se mpl oyer
sandwi llnotr evealsuch en gaged inath l
eti
c comp e
titi
ons or
privat
emat ters. roughhous i
ng. ”
Lead:Andrew’sde f
ini
tel
yhidingsome t
hing Ifaske
daboutLor dAr t
hur’saff
airwith
i
mpor tantaboutLordAr t
hur’sand/orLady Ste
phanieHingston,Sanj arwillr
efusetoanswer
Mar i
an’sact
ivit
ies
,butpersuadinghimt or
eve
al anyquesti
ons,st
atings i
mpl y,“Iwil
lnotdiscuss
thati
nformationwillnotbeeasy.(True
) LordArthur’
sprivateconduc t.
”Ifaskedtotest
outhisst
rengthi
ns omeway ,hewi llr
efuse
,
cl
aiming(corr
ectl
y )thattodos owouldbe
Sanj
ar undigni
fi
ed.
Whe ni nte rviewe dattheMe ndham hous e,

Sanjari spol itebuts ti
ff-bac ke dandbr us que .He Cl ue :Sanjarisunus ual
lylargeands trong.
seemst ore sentbe ingque stione d,andmayl ose
hiswe ll-practice dmans e rvant ’scalmi fac cus dof Le
e ad:I twoul dhav ebeenas impl emat t
e rforhi m
anywr ongdoi ng. tob eat LordA rthur todeath,e ve
n ifL ord Arthur
struggledagains thi m.
Thei nv es
tigat orscanl earnt hef oll
owi ngf acts
from Sanj ari fthe yaskt her ightque stions. Lead:Amanass t
rongasSanj arpr obabl ywoul d
nothav ehadt ohi tLordAr thurtwi cet oki l
lhim.
“Ihav ewor kedf orLor dAr thurf orov ertwe nty (Tru e???)
years ,s i
nc eIwasaboy .Hef oundmeont he
streetsofTe hranandgav emeal if
eandapur pose. Lead:Amanass t
rongasSanj arwoul dnothav e
Ifnotf orhi m Iwoul dhav ebe comeabe ggarora ne e dedt ohisLor dAr thurwi thas tatuet oki ll
thief.Iam e te rnallygratefult ohi m.Is hallmi ss him;hec oulde asilyhaves t
rangle dLor dAr thur
himv e rymuc h,andi ntendt os ervey oungMas ter tod eath.
Gor donwi tht hes amede vot ionIs howe dhi s
father .”
SirRandol phSwanni ck
“Lor dAr thurwasagoode mpl oye r.Hec oul dat
time sbede mandi ngandt empe r
ame ntal,butwhat Ge tt
inganappoi ntme nttointerviewSi r
intelligentmanofpos itioni snot ?Imadeno Randol phs houldt akeal it
tl
edoi ng;hei san
compl aintsaboutmypos it
ionort hec onditionsof i mpor tant,busyman.Buti nt heinter estof
thejob. ” helpinghi slatefriend’sfamilyhewi lleve ntuall
y
maket imetoans we rquesti
ons .Hec ome sac ross
“No,Iwasnotatt hec el
e brat ionSat urdayni ght.I
t ast hou ght
ful,intelli
gent,calm, and p er
h ap sa bi
t
wasnotapar tyf orservant s.
” arrogant— i not he rwords,apr ettyst er
e otypical
s
chol
arf
rom t
hel
owe
rnobi
li
ty.
Theinvest
igat
orscanl
ear
nthefol
lowi
ngf
act
s
fr
om SirRandolphi
fthe
yasktheri
ght
ques
tions
.
“LordAr thurandIhav ebe

enfrie
ndssinceour
schoolday s.Weatt
ende dt
hesamepr epar
atory
school,andbot hwenttoOxfor
dtostudy
ancienthistory
.Wer oomedtoget
hertherefor
twoy ears.
”
“Ihavenor e
as ontodoubtt hequali
tyofLord
Arthur’
sscholarshi
porexc avati
ons.Thoughnot
asknowledgeableassome ,hewase xtre
me l
y
well-
verse
dinanc i
enthi
stor i
calmatt
ersin
general
,andthos eofMesopot amiain
parti
cul
ar.” SCENE4–SEARCHI
NGTHE
MENDHAM HOUSE
“Yes,Iatt
endedthec el
ebr
ationSaturdaynight
— Ie v
engav eatoastt
oLordAr thuronbe hal
f Thei nves
tigator
smayas kforpermi ss
iont os earch
oftheMus eum.Itwasawonde r
fulaff
air
.IlefttheMe ndham hous e.LadyMar i
anwi ll
shortl
ybeforemidnightaf
tereveryonehadgoneunhe si
tat
inglyrefuse(andtheThr eatMe t
erwi llgo
homeandIhadmades urenoMus eum matter
sup).Iftheyf i
ndawayt odos oregardless—
requiredmyatte
nt i
on.” perhapsoneoft he msne aksawayf r
om t he
int
erv i
ew,ort heyburgletheplacelateatni ght—
“IsawLadyMar i
anatt
hepar t
y,butneverhada theonlyus efulevi
dencei st
woi t
e mshi ddeni nt he
chancetospeakwit
hher.As oci
etywomanl i
ke bac kofadr awerinLor dArthur’
sbur eau:hi s
herse
lf,wi
thsomanysocialcontact
s,rar
elyhas mos trece
ntj ournal
;andas t
ackofle t
ters.
ti
met ospareats
ucheve
nt s,af
terall
.”
Thej ournalde tai
lshi slif
eov eral
mos tthepas t
“
Iwaswi thmywi f
eandc hildr
enallSunday year.Mos tofi tisrathe rmundanes tuff
,buti t
morning,f
irs
tatbreakfas
t,thenatchurc
h.” prov idestwous ef
ulpi ecesofi nformation:f ir
st,
(
Manywi t
nesse
scanc onfi
rm hispr
esencei
n thathewas ,inf act
,hav inganaf fai
rwi t
h
chur
ch.) Stephani eHi ngs t
on;s econd,t hathes uspe ctedhis
wi f
eofbe comi ngt ooi nvolv edinhispol i
tical,
Ifac cusedofbe i
ngj ealousofLor dAr thuror bus i
ne ss,andf inanc ialaffairs.Thelastent ry,
dislikinghi m,SirRandol phwi l
lquicklyand date dtheThur s daybe foret hemur de r
,state sthat
str
ongl yde nythos echar ges.Thei nvestigators hei ntende dt oc onfronthe raboutitandl aydown
mus tsucc e
e dwithPe rcepti
onSki llRol l
sagai nst thel aw.
Ave rage( 3)Di f
ficultytode tectthet i
nybut
tel
ltales gnsofSi
i rRandol ph’ senvyofhi s Thel etters,tiedwi thar e dribbon,aref rom
we althier,mor efamous ,butl es
s -
learnedf rie
nd. St ephani eHi ngs t
on.The ydat ebackne arlyt wo
Ifconf ronte dwitht hisev i
de nce,SirRandol ph years ,t
ot hebe ginningoft heaffair
.Thel as tfour
willc onfesst ohisjealous y
,butwi l
lins i
sthehad ar eal lfr
om t hewe ekpr i
ort oLor dAr t
hur ’sde at
h
not hingtodowi thLor dAr thur’smur de r. andi mplorehi mt otakehe rbac k.Theys t
ar twi t
h
alov
ing/ple
adingt one
,butge
tangrieronebyone.
Thelas
tone ,rece
ivedtheWednesdaybefor
ehis
murder,thr
e at
enshim wit
h“sev
ereconsequence
s”
i
fhedoe snot“giveintohi
str
ueloveforher.”
Cl
ue:Lett
ersf
rom Ste
phani
eHings
tont
oLor
d RESOLVEAWARD:
Ar
thur,hi
ddeninhisbur
eau.
Awar
deac
hinv
est
igat
oronepoi
ntofRe
sol
ve.
Le
ad:Cl e
arlyMrs.Hingst
onandLordArt
hur
wereacquaint
ed,butthe
redoesnots
eemtobe
moretoitthanthat.
SCENE5–THEINVESTI
GATI
ON
Lead:From t
hetoneofthesele
t t
ersiti
s PROCEEDS
apparentt
hatLordArthurandMr s
.Hingst
on
hadbe eni
nvolve
di naromanti
caf f
airf
orsome Byt hi spoi ntt hei nv es ti
gat orss houl dhav e
ti
me ,butt
hathehade ndeditsomewe eksor narr owe ddownt hel i
s tofs us pec t
sal i
ttl
ebi t.
mont hspr
iortohisdeat
h. Roge rHi ngstonandSt e phani eHi ngs t
onbot h
cannotac countf ort he irwhe reabout sone arly
Lead:St ephani eHi ngs ton’se arl
ies
tl et
tersplead Sundaymor ning.( Ifvie wedwi the nough
forhimt ochangehi smi nd,butast imegoe son s uspi cionne ithe rc anChe ve rall,LadyMar ian,or
theybe comeangr ierandmor ethreateningas Swanni c k,bute ithe rHi ngs tonmake samor e
herat ti
tudet owar dhi mt rans forme dfrom love obv ioust arget.)
intohat e.Thel astone ,whi c harriv
e dthe
Mondaybe forehismur der ,threatenshi m with Howe v e r
,iti sal sopos si
bl ethatt hingshav e
“severec onseque nces ”ifhedoe snot“ giveinto gotte nbogge ddownabi tduet ot hepl ethor aof
histruel oveforhe r.”( True ) suspe cts .Ifthati sthec ase,ori ft hei nvestigati
on
ne edsas hotofac tionandadv ent ur etospic e
thingsupabi t,t heMas termi ndc anadoptaBake r
Clue:Lor dAr thurke ptjour nals. Stree tRPGv e rsionofRay mondChandl e
r’s
famouspi eceofwr iti
ngadv ic e:“ Whe nindoubt ,
Lead:Thej ournalsi ndi catet hatLor dAr thur, hav eamanc omet hr ought hedoorwi thaguni n
whileac ompe tentar chae ol ogist
,wasnotal ways hishand. ”Inot he rwor ds,inj ects omeac t
ion
entir
e lyrespons i
blef ors omeoft hedi scoveri
es pur elyf ort hes akeoff un,t he nf i
gur eoutlater
popul arl
yat tri
but e
dt ohi m.Hei ne ss
e ncetook howi timpac tsthemy s tery.Somee xamplesof
creditforthewor kofRoge rHi ngstonandhi s way st heMas te rmi ndc oulddot hisi n“TheCas e
manyot heras sis
tant s. oftheAngr yGodde ss”inc l
ude :
Le ad:Thejournal srev e
althatLor dArthurhad —Roge rHings
t onbecome sconvi
nce d
car ri
edonanaf fairwi thStephanieHi ngstonfor (i
ncorrec
tly
)thathiswifeStephaniehasnow
aboutt woyears,t hather ecentlybrokeitoff
,and begunanaffai
rwi t
hSt e
war tCheverallandangr
il
y
thats hedi
dnott aket hiswell.Atfi
rstshe at
tacksCheveralli
nsi
det heMus eum.
ple adedwit
hhi mt ochangehi smind,butov e
r
timebe cameangr ierathim ande venmade —i tc ome stol i
ghtt hataboutay earagoSi r
veiledthre
ats. Randol phf el
lintoas tat
eofde spe ratefinancial
ne ed( gambl ingde bts)andhasbe ene mbe zzl
ing
Le ad:Thej ournal sreve
alLor dAr t
hur ’
splanto from t heMus eum e versince.Nat ur all
ythe
stayi nLondonf rom nowon,andt hatLady Mus eum s ackshi m andt hes c
andalmake shis
Mar i
anwasde epl yunhappywi ththisbe c
ause situat i
one venwor se.Ane xami nat i
onofs omeof
shef eltitwould“ inte
rferewi thhe rown hiswor kingpape r
sandc orresponde ncereveal
pur suits.
”Veiledr ef
erence simplyt hatshehad thathet riedandf ailedtoge tal oanf rom hisold
be comet ooinv olvedinhi sbus i
ne ssandpoliti
cal friendLor dAr thur( and,withahi ghe nough
affairsduringhi slongtripsabr oad,andane ntr
y Obs e rvati
onSki l
lRol l
,theinve sti
gat orsalsolear
n
dat edtheThur s daybeforehi sde at
hi ndicat
ed ofSi rRandol ph’sjealousyofLor dAr thurduet o
hisi ntenti
ont oc onfr
onthe rabouti tandputa hist one ,notesinhi spe rs
onalj our nal,ands o
stopt oit.(True) forth) .
—c onvi
ncedthatasuspectoftheMaster
mind’
s
choicei
sguilt
y,ahot-
he adedcousi
nofLord
Arthur’
shire
ss omeRe probat
estoatt
ackand
kil
lthatsus
pect.
THE CASE OF THE
Fa
ire
rSe
x
By Matt DeForrest
OVERVI
EW intel
ligents oci
opat h.Tohe re ye,thefail
ur eof
ScotlandYar dtoc apturet heWhi techapelKi ll
er
Inthi sc ase,theinv est
igator saregoingt ohav eto hasasmuc htodowi t
hac lassisti
ndi f
ferenc efor
domor et hanjus tdeducel oc at
ionsandf ac e thev ict
ims ,mor alconde mnat ionforthev ictims'
crimi nall owlif
eswi thoccas ionalfis
ticuffs
.This s oleme ansofs uppor t,andc ontemptgr owi ng
time ,the yareont heclock.Ay oungl adyofgood outofmi sogynyasi tdoeswi thanabs enceof
birthhasbe enkidnappe dandt heyonl yhav ea mode rntechnique sands cientifi
cappr oache s.
li
mi tedt imet os avehe rli
feandr eput ati
on.
Inde ed,i tisthelimi t
edamountoft imet hathas Tohe rsickmi nd,thebe stwayt odrawat tent i
on
forcedMy croftHol mes,thr oughDr .Wat son,t
o t othe selimitati
onswast ot akeupas i
mi l
ar
assignt ot hemt hec ase. crusadeofki l
li
ngs- -agai nstt hemi ddle-c
las s
me nwhopat ronizethes exwor kersofLondon
THECRI
ME (Sherecognizedshewoul dbeunabl et ogain
accesstothehighs oci
etybr othel
st hatcaterto
MissCarolRahli sthedaught erofGe rman theu ppercl
asses.
).T hr
o ugh heractivit
ies,she
soci
ali
stimmi grantsconduc t
ingc harit
ywor kfor plannedtoattracttheattentionofShe r
lock
thepoorwor kingwome nofLondon' ss l
ums .She Holme sandthepr e s
s,thusdr awingt he
cameofagedur i
ngt hefri
ghteningpe r
iodofthe at tent
ionnecessarytos olvetheWhi t
echape l
Whitechapelkill
ings.Rahl,whiles i
nc er
ely mur ders.
dedi
catedtot hecaus e
sofChr isti
anChar i
ty,
Feminism,andSoc i
alis
m,i salsoahi ghly Shedi s
covered,howe ver,thatshewast oogood
82 THE CASE OF THE FAIRER SEX
atwhats hedi d.Shehadnoi ntentionofgoi ng THETHREATMETER
topr isonf orhe rac t
ivities
,sos hepl anne dwe ll
.
He rpl anni ng,howe ve r,renderedhe rc rime s TheMas terminds houldpr ev iewt her ule sont he
unde tec tabletoSc otl
andYar dand,t husf ar, Thre atMe t
e randunde rstandt hepr ogr es s
ionof
shehasbe enabl etos trikewi t
hi mpuni t
y. theThr eatMe teraspr e s
ent e dhe re.TheThr eat
Me terincreaseswhe ne vert hei nv es
tigat orstake
Outofmov es,shehadonl yonec hoi cel ef
t- -a ane xtraroundofi nv esti
gat ion,orwhe nt he y
directc hallenget oWat sonandhi sc or psof spendt oomuc htimeonf al sele ads.Ifi t
cons ultingde tective
s.Asmuc hass hef inds increasedpas tthefif
tht hr eat,theappr opriate
choos ingaf emal evicti
m di sdai
nful ,s hehas endgamehappe ns,andt hei nves t
igator sar eout
comet ot hec onc l
usiont hatonlyat hr eatt oa ofluc kasthec asegoesagai ns tthem.
youngl adyoft heappr opriateclasswi llattrac
t
theat tent i
ons hene eds .Choos i
nghe ralias 1.Ast heThr eatMe terincr eas es,thec as e
from he rf avoritegame( Che ss)
,shewr otet o become smor ediff
icult.Thet ens i
onr e ache sleve
l
221 bBake rStr eetusinghe rlatestvic tim's one.Rol l
ed1 sont heShe rloc kDi enol onge r
ne w-fangl edc ontraption,at ypewr i
te r. cause1 stobes uccessful.
2.Wi ths omanypar ti

esi nv olv edi nt hec has e,it
ADVI CEFORTHEMASTERMI ND isdiff
icultf ort hei nv estigatorst omai nt aint he i
r
focusont hei nv estigation.Eac hi nv estigat or
I ti
spos s ibletopl ayt hisc asei nthet r aditional losestwoRe solve .
manne r:Le tti
ngy ourpl aye rstaket he irt i
met o
cons ulti nc ommi tteeandde cidewhatt heyar e 3.Luc kiswi thZugz wang.Whi che verwayt he
goingt odoast he yf igureoutwhat 'sgoi ngon. pl ayersc hoos et oe nt ert hehot elr oom,t het rap
Ev erythi nghasbe e npr ovide dhe ref ory out o she hass et issu btle eno u gh to av oid initia l
conduc tt hec asei nt hatmanne r. detecti
on.Anys uc cesse sr esultinal as tmome nt
halttoope ningt hedoorr athe rt hanbe for e
If,howe v er,yout hinkt he yar eupt ot he op e
n i
n gt he do or a crac k. Th i
s, of cou rse , al
lows
challe nge ,youc angi vethe m ade adl i
ne .Ge t Zugz wangt or eac ttot hei nvest i
gat ors' ar ri
v al.
your se l
fac ount downt i
me rors t
opwat ch–
twoi fy ouc anl ayy ourhandsont he m.I fyour 4.Compl icationsar isei nt hei nv estigat i
on.Atan
mobi lephonedoe s n’thav eone ,l
ooki nt he inopport unemome nt,t hei nve stigator s
kitche nf oroneus e dt ocook.Jus tmakes ur e encou nter the o t
h ers w h o are tryin g to findX.
youc ans tartands t
opi tc onv enient l
y .Ify ou Choos ewhi che veri smos tcompl icating:Sc otland
borr owonef rom oneofy ourpl ayer sforone , Y ar
d ,Colo nel Jov tvev a nd hisa i
d es, or A u gu sta
givet he m al ittl
ebonus–ane xt r
abi tof Higginbot ham andt heHonor ableKy l
eDane .
Re solv eorpe rhapsl e tt
he ms topt he i
rown
clockonc edur ingt hegame . 5.Zugz wanghasgott heme as ureoft he
investi
gat ors.Mov ehe rones te pahe adoft he
Whe ni tc ome st imet oplay ,mov et hr ought he investi
ga tors in the time l
in e i
n ord er t
o h elp her
introduc torymat e rialbriskl yandge tt he mt o escape( Shedoe snot ,howe ver ,mov eupt het ime
thehot el.Onc et hemome ntc ome s ,startt he ofthemur der.)
clockwi thaf l
our i
s h.
6.Ast heThr e atMe teri nc rease s,thec as e
become smor edi fficult.Thet ens ionr eac he sle ve
l
three.Rol led1 s,2s ,or3sont heShe rloc kDi eno
longercaus es1 s,2sor3st obes uc ces sful .Thi sis
thelasts tagebe foret rigge ringt heEndgame .
THE CASE OF THE FAIRER SEX 83
Endgame- -TheEndgamef ort hi
sadv e
nt ureis Asecondme mberofstaf
fapproachesand,
thatZugz wangmanage stoe s
capeandr emai nat al
mos tapol
oge
tic
ally
,inf
ormsy outhatac oac
his
large,de s
pitethebe steff
ortsofthei nvestigators
. wait
ing.Thi
schase,i
tappears
,ishotlyfol
lowed.
Itisstil
lpos si
blet os aveherv i
cti
mi nthiss cenari
o
--indee d,shepr efersthatopt i
on.Shehasno Mi
ddl
eCl
assCor
one
r
diffi
cultyinki l
linghe rmal evicti
ms .Mi ssJov tve
v,
shewi llacknowl edge ,isavicti
m ofc irc
ums tance. Thede ad,onewoul dc ommonl ythi nk,hav e
Shewi llnotmour nhe rdeathbuts hewoul dpr ef
er nothingbutt ime .Ye t,asy ouhav ei nc r
e as ingly
toav oi
di tonpol i
ticalands oci
algrounds .The learne ds inceas sistingDr .Wat son,t he yhav e
mos timpor t
antt hingforhe ristocre at
eas enseof veryl ittlet i
met ot ellt he irmos timpor tant
terrorbyr emai ningatl arge. stories.Of ten- -tooof ten- -t heyar es t
or ie sthat
canc hi llthebl ood:s tor ie soff oulpl ayand
SCENE1 :ANI NTERRUPTED shat t
e redhope s.Thi st i
me ,howe ve r,itisa
EVENI NG gent l
e rt ale- -al thoughonenol es
st ragic .The
youngs te rbe for ey oudi ddi easar e sultofaf all
Eac hi nv estigat orbe ginshi sorhe rinv olveme nt downt hes t
ai rsi ns us pic iousc i
rcums tanc es,but
wi t
ht hisc as ewhe nt he yre ceiveat elegram j us t therear enos ignst hathewaspus he dort hrown
afters ixf ifte eni nthee v ening.Themanne rof do wn th e st
a irs. Itis a n ac ciden tt
h a t will h aunt
theire nc ount erwi l
lv ar yde pe ndi ngont heirs ocal hi
i spar ent s,butatl eas titwi llnotbe
station.What evert hec as e,the yar egi venlittl
e comp o un d ed b y a mu rde r ch arge.
timet or e ac t,asy ouc ans e efrom t hef ollowing Thec as ehadke pty oul at ert hanus uali nt he
exampl es. mor gue ,butnots ol at ethatt heappe aranc eof
De tectiv eGr egs onwai ti
ngf oryourar r
iv alwas
unus ual .Youe xpe ctedt hathewoul dt akea
Uppe rCl as sGe nt le man pass i
ngi nt eres tint hec as e .Whaty oudi dnot
expe ct,wast het elegr am hehande dy ou:
Forwhat ev ert her eas on,abr iefe veni ngs t
opat
yourc lubf e elsmor epl eas antt hanus ual.The Youar ene eded.I mme di ate ly.
comf or toft her eadi ngr oom i nsulate sy ouf rom 221 B.
thehus tleandbus tl
eoft heme tropol itans treets, M.
givingy ouamome ntt os t
opandc ons ide rthe
event soft hedayasy oue njoyac igaranda "The rei sahans om c abwai tingout s i
de ,"he
cordi al. explai ns ."Ifiti sc onne c
t edwi ththebus ine s
s
Pe eringov e ryourpape r,y ouobs e r
v eame mbe r Le s
t r
adewe ntouton,Iwoul dlovet ohe ary our
yourc lub' ss t
affappr oac hing,be aringat e l
egram takeoni taf terwar d.
onapl at ter.Onl ymome ntsbe f
or e,y ounot edt he
clocks triki ngt het ime- -6: 15PM.Ashes tops
PoorGov erne ss
be f
or ey ou,y out hinkbac kt owhe ny oumar v eled
atthec onv enienc et het elegraphof fe red.Now,as
itintr ude supony ourpape r
,dr ink,andc igar,y ou I tisfaroutoft heor di nar yf orthemas te roft he
aref or ce dt oc ons ide rifitmi ghtbeal i
ttletoo hous et os ummony ouats uc hanhour .The
conv e ni ent .Af terall,whor eallyne e dst obet his ch i
ldre n ,a f
ter a ll
, are no ty et f
u l
ly rea dyf or
acce ssibl e? dinne r .Ass uc h,i tiswi ths omet re pidat iont hat
Thei mpor tanc eofs uchac cess i
bi l
itybe come s yo ud es cen d to th e foy er.
abundant lyc learasy our eadt hebr iefme ssage- -
twos ingl esl ine s,addr e ssedt oy ou: Youdonotknowwhatwaswr it
teni nt he
telegram he ldt ight l
yi nhi shandt ohav ec aus ed
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221 B. seco nd telegra m th at rea d s:
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NGATBAKER
M. STREET
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"themas teroft hehous e
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inf
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attempt ed,as uc c
e ssf
ulObs er vationSki llRol lof
beenmadeawar ethatthisi samat t
e rofsome
Av erage( 3)Di fficult
ywi llindi catet hatt hedr iver
urgency.MotherandIwi lllookaf terthe
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chil
drentonight.Ple
as ecollecty ourc oatand
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whateverels
ey oune ed.Yourc abawai t
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qui resas ucc es
s f
ulChar m orMe nac eSki llRoll
ofDe mandi ng( 5)Di f
fic ulty.Al thought he yhav e
RESOLVEAWARD:Awar
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onepoi
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ris
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lexpl aint hatt heyhav e
receiv eds pe ci
fici nstruc ti
onst ot aket he
inves tigatordi re c
tlyto221 bBake rStr eet.( That
said,anyi nv estigatorknownt ohav eas ignat ure
ite
mt hatt heMas ter
mi ndbe lieve sDr .Wat son
woul dc ons i
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collectt hei tem or ,ifappr opr iate- -e.g.,i fthe y
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ful
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st hatt he
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oneanotherat221 bBake rStree
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minutestogatherthe i
rwi t
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asMr s
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fore
Dr.Watsonar ri
ves.
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"hebe gi
nsashe
entersther oom some whatbr eathle
ssly."It
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canc ountonal lofy ourdis
c r
etionint hismatt
er?
Thisc asehasbe comer athercompl ic
atedquite
quicklyandwehav enotmuc ht ime.Iwoul dask
yout ohol dyourque sti
onsunt ilIhavefinis
hed
mys ummat ionofagi venpor t
ion.Le tmebe gi
n
witht hetypedle t
terthatwasde l
iver
e dtome
thi
smor ning."
My Dear Doctor Watson,
I trust that you will forgive the odd mingling informal and impersonal tone that
I must take with you. We have, after all, not been formally introduced. Yet the
nature of my missive would doubtless be construed as intimate, given the
revelations I am about to make.
Kindly, hear me out.
I have despaired of a challenge – a true challenge – for so long now that I
must go out and seek it. I had thought that my activities would rise to the
attention of Mr. Holmes and yourself, the two men I had long thought to be
opponents worthy of me. Opponents who could bring an excitement to the game and
perhaps rival the attention you paid to the late Professor Moriarty.
Lofty though my claim is, I make it with purpose, even though I know how extreme
it sounds. Please do not think me vain for associating myself with “the Napoleon
of Crime” but, like him, I believe in exploring beyond the borders of
conventional morality. Unlike him, however, my motives are somewhat higher than
the pursuit of money and power. Yet my skill has been sufficient for me to have,
thus far, gone unnoticed. And my anonymity, I am sorry to say, somewhat defeats
the point of my activities -- challenging though they may be. Indeed, I have
found the challenge of the planning and taking of a human life while eluding
Scotland Yard to be exhilarating in and of itself.
Love would be too strong a word. My efforts are more a calling than a passion.
And yet, I must confess that eluding Scotland Yard has not been an extraordinary
challenge. Even more than the Whitechapel Murderer, I am not careless. As a
result, London's “Finest” have no knowledge of my existence. It appears that
nothing short of a riot in Trafalgar Square will trigger their notice.
Trafalgar, I fear, may be difficult enough for them to find some days.
Entirely too long have I moved in the shadows. But no more! Where is the
challenge in striking from the shadows, unknown and unrecognized, if no one
knows to be prepared?
Love does complicate things, of course, and I do recognize that you have other
matters to attend now (My congratulations on your marriage to Miss Morstan.). I
hope my invitation is sufficient to lure you back into the game.
Every game, however, must have rules. The first, of course, is to leave Scotland
Yard out of it. There’s no reason to have them bungling around, blocking both
our efforts.
Very soon, we shall know which of us is to be the more challenged in this
matter. You shall be given, if not “world enough and time,” at least an
appropriate amount of time to block my efforts and save a life.
Even if his life was of somewhat questionable worth, her life may be redeemable.
Now, when you get to the hotel – I am sure you are wise enough to figure out
which one will be the location – ask for your message at the front desk after a
late supper. It will be addressed to Mr. Hunter.
30 minutes after ten should be enough time for you to sup. Anything earlier than
that and your quarry will fly and the life of a young innocent will end. In that
letter, you shall learn what you need to know. But, rest assured, I look forward
to the challenge.
Sincerely,
Zugzwang
P.S.: My most recent tally --

1/23..3/15..4/4..5/28..6/17..8/23..9/19..10/22..11/30..12/8..1/15
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e)
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lee arlierfor Lead2:Pe r
hapsiti
slocatednearWiseStreet
?
someofy ourc har acters,youcanhav eoneor (Fals
e)
mor ebec ontac t
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th
somer ese
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news papermor gue ,orinpol icere c
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ions?(Tr
ue)
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hyatt heti
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arts.
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nothings odramat icanyoneoft hemi tformor e (Tr ue)
thant wot othreepar agraphsofne ws print. Le ad2:Thenumbe rsc alltomi ndac odeus e
di n
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tainpat t
er nsmay theAme ri
canCi v ilWar .Howdi dt hatgoagai n..
.
begint oeme rge. (Fal se)
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remar kablefeat,gi vent heunr e
liabil
ityoft henew
Inv es t
igatorsne ednotr olltode duc ethei denti
ty
technol ogy..
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oft heWhi te chape lMur de r
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play ersunf ami li
arwi tht hist i
tlet hathei smor e
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t yoft hePape r
commonl yknownt odayasJac kt heRi ppe r.It
take smor es pe ci
al i
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me ani ngoft heki ller’sname .Wi t has uc cessful
London.( True )
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lRol linv ol
v i
ngGe rmany ,ora
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ty
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y
stationaryt okee pupappe arances.(Fal se)
che ss)ataHe r oic(6)Di f
ficulty,t he
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s
inve stigat
or swi l
lr ecallthatz ugz wangi st he
wat ermar k.Pe r
hapst hes t
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relative l
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ibest he
hot el.(Fal
s e
)
mome ntinc he ssinwhi chamov emadebya
play erput shi mi nawor sepos itiont hani fhe
hadnotmov ed.( Thet ermi snoty etcommonl y
use di nEngl i
s h.)Ifnoi nvestigatorr ecogni zes
thet e r
m,Wat s onwi l
lof f
ert hemt here f
e rence,
expl ainingitwast oldt ohi me arliertoni ght .
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es earc
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terat
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writ
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False)
ontheirown- -especi
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es t
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oy edto
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av
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.(Fals
e)
would,asamat terofcourse .
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enots uic
ide
s.(True )
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tigatorshavecompl
etedt
heir
Cl
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ansofDe
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al,Wats
onconti
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ing.
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Lead2:Thev i
ctimswe repoi sone d.(Tr ue )
"Iwasi nt hepr ocessofs e lectinganappr opr iate
Lead3:Thev i
cti
mswe ree xsangui nate d.(False)
leagueofi ndi vidualst oi nv e sti
gat eZugz wang
whe nIwasi nvitedt ot hec lubofani nflue ntial
Clue:TheGe nde roft heVi c tims
indi vidual- -theonl ymanwhos es kill
ss urpas s
thatofmyl atefriend.Hei nfor me dmeofan
Lead1 :Thev icti
mswe real lme n.(Tr ue )
exc ee dingl yde lic
atemat te r.Mi ssVi ole t
a
Lead2:Thev i
ctimswe real lwome n.( False )
Jov tv ev ,they ounge rdaught erofBul gar i
an
Lead3:Thev i
cti
mswe reami xofme nand
Col one lBr anami rJov tve v,ape rsonofs omenot e
wome n.( False)
int hatne wnat i
on'smi l
itar y,hasgonemi s sing.
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Clue:Loc ati
onsofDe ath
se esomeoft hear tifac tsfrom As i
aMi noron
exhi bi tatt heBr i
tishMus e um.
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mswe ref oundi nt heirhome s
.
(Fal
s e)
"Mi ssJov tvevwasl as ts eenbyhe rAme rican
Lead2:Thev i
ctimswe refoundi nhot els.(True)
friend,Mi ssAugus taHi gge nbot ham,att e ai nt he
Lead3:Thev i
cti
mswe refoundi npl ac esof
Al exandr iaRoom oft heGr andMor occanHot el.
busine ss.(False)
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one rsoft hene w
fieldofAr chae ology .Mi ssJov tveve xcus ed
he rse l
ff rom t het ablef oramome ntafter
WhatMy croftDoe sn'tSayandWhat rec eivinganot eindi cat ingananc ientThr ac ian
theI nv e st
igator sand/ orPl aye rsMay cupt he ywe rebot hi nt eres tedi nhadar ri
v ed.
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e turn soon
the reaf ter,Mi ssHi gge nbot ham as sume dt hatt he
My cr oftimme diatelys awt hes ecretme ssage finalne got iati
onsf ort hepur c hasewasgoi ng
butc ons i
deredits oobv ioust hathedi dnot slo wly .A secon d note w a s d e
live r
e d toth e table ,
bothe rme ntioningi ttoDr .Wat son- -whohas expl aini ngt hatt hes hi pbr ingingi nt hec uphad
noty e tnot i
cedit .Itwass uf f
icient,howe ve r
,to be en d e layed an d wo uld arrive tomo rrow ,
dispat chs omeofhi struste dc abstoc oll
e ctthe ar ous edhe rc onc erns.
inves tigators
.
Thehi dde nme s
s age ,builtoutoft hef irst "Vi ame thodst hatar el esst hanc lear,Mi ss
lett
e rofe ve
rypar agraph,r eadsIKI LLAT Hi gge nbot ham,as sistedbyhe rc l
os efriend,t he
ELEVEN30. Ho no ra ble Kyle D ane ,o bse rved her f
rien d b eing
take nupas e
rv i
cel if
ti nal aundr yc art.The y
we r
e ,howe ver,unabl et of ol l
owqui cklye nough
toaf fe ctar escueort oi de nt i
fyt heabduc tor .At
thei ns is t
enc eoft heHonor ableMr .Dane ,t he y
anAv erager epor tedthei nc i
denttoSc otl
and SCENE4-THESOPHI AHOTEL
Yardand,s oont hereafter,itreache dthenot ic
e
ofthemanwhom Is pokewi th. Thet r i
pf r
om 221 bBake rStre etputst he
inves ti
gatorsatt heSophi aHot eljustbe fore
"Givent hes ens it
ivenat ureofhe rfathe r
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e 1 0:30PM.TheSophi aisabl oc kawayf rom
inthene wBul garians t
ate ,wewi sht ohandl e Eus tonSquar e,withinr e as
onabl ewal king
thisprompt lyanddi scr
e tely.Indeed,t hene e
d di stanc eoras hor tcabr idef rom Londonand
fordiscre t
ioni ss uffi
cie
nte nought ohav ehim Nor thWe sternRai lway .Oneoft hene whot el
s
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tthanInotbes eene ngagi ngint he cateringt othei ncreasingnumbe rofr ail
inv e
stigationdi r
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istins tyle,taki
ng
cuesf rom Gr eeceandt heOt tomanEmpi re.It
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sh
whos ec onne ctionsandr es ourcesare Coffe eservedi nitsc af
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consider able--wi l
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s
intohisownhandsandat te mpttof indhi s Adv icefort heMas termi nd
daughte r.Itisf eared,howe ver,thatal ackof
subtlet
y ,occas ione dbyt hef earforhi s Thei nv esti
gationi ntoVi oletaJov tvev '
s
daughte r'sli
fe,wi llputhe ri ns omedange r. disappe arancehasbe e
ngi vent oI ns
pe c
tor
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"Whe nIs howe dhi mt hel etterIhadr re
olc ei
eonlved,
yre ce
nt ly.Hehasdi smi ssedAugus ta
hes eeme duns urprised.Inde e d,hehad
Higge nbot ham' sobs erv
at i
onsf orthreere asons.
labour e
dunde rthebe li
efHol me sandI
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orHar veydoe sn’ tbe l
ievethathei s
alreadykne waboutt heaffair sandc ons
deali
ide r
e
ngwi d
thanabduc ti
on,asher ec e
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anony eat
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om Zugz wang–t hatthe
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thatwasne ededt oconv i
nc ehi mt hec
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t e
haysar e
oungTur kishdi plomat .Se cond,
conne cted.TheBul garianbac kgroundoft
Inspe che
t
orHar ve yisamanofhi stimeandc annot
abduc tedgi rlpointedt othel ikelihoodoft
takeay he
oungwoman,e spec iallyonewhohas
ne wlyope ne dSophi aHot e l--name df
clort
earl he
ycasthe rselfasoneoft he" Ne wWome n"
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icati
onofdi vinewi s dom,he
interestedi nwome n’ssuf frage ,seriously.
said,wasc onfirmationofhi sowns uspi
Fi c
nali
lons
y,asay oungAme ricanwomani nt hec m
om-
aboutt hes our ceofthepape r . panyofay oungmanbe longi ngt ot he
arist
oc racy,Ins pectorHar v eys uspectsshei sjust
RESOLVEAWARD:Gi veeac
hinvesti
gatort
wo onemor eAme ricanhe i
re ssl ookingt ose curea
point
sofRe s
olv
ewhe ntheyhav
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nished tit
leforhe rwe althyAme ricanf amily.
revi
ewingthemate
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.RankintheSkillt
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vingatt heHot el
Whe nthei nve stigatorsarrive,t

heywi l
lbe
alarme dtodi sc ov erthatSc ot
landYardpr eceded
them.Bymaki ngaChal lenging(4)Diffic
ulty
LawSki l
lRol l,inv esti
gatorswi l
lbeablet o
de t
ermi net hatt he yhaves ome whatsubtly
cove r
edal loft hee xi
tsbutdonoty etappear
readyt ocor donof fthebui ldi
ng.AnAv er
age( 3)
Di f
fic
ultyChar m( Pe r
suasion)SkillRollwil
l
unc overthatt he yar eont helookoutforay oung
womanofBul gar ianbac kgroundleavinginthe
companyofay oungTur kis
hman.
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ht hee xceptionofoneort wo TheNot
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cons tables
,ev ery
t hi
ngappe arsnormal.Ifas
ked,
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pedonhot elst
ati
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nan
delegat i
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ale
de nvelope.
ballroomst hise vening.
My Dear Opponent(s) -- for I cannot be
De spitet henor mal cy,thepol icepr es
e ncei ssure if Dr. Watson will be
not iceable .Inonec orne roft her oom,t hehotarriving:
el
de tective,Wal terJone s,iss pe akingwi thI nspector
It would appear that the ground rules
Ric hardHar vey,whoi sinc har geofthe have been changed on us. Scotland Yard
inv esti
gat ion.I nt hemai ns e atingar ea,Mi ss has finally gotten lucky – doubtless a
Augus taHi ggenbot ham i shol di ngaqui etbut tip from the young woman who saw me
intens ec onv ersat i
onwi tht heHonor ableKy l
e going into the elevator. It was very
Dane( Hei st rying–andf ailing–t oconv incehe r clumsy of me to have left my potential
thatSc otlandYar dwillbeabl et ohandl ethe victim’s hand hanging out of the cart.
situation. ).The rear etwopol i
c eme nbyt hemai n No one is perfect, I guess.
ent ranc eobs e
r vingev er
y onewhoi scomi ngor
going.The rear et wome nbe hindt hede sk.Ona Onto business: here are the ground rules
suc cessfulObs er vat
ionSki l
lRol lofAv erage( 3) of our little game:
Di ff
icult y
,t heI nv est
igatorsc ant el
lthatt he
One hour from when I instructed you to
shor ter,mor eagi tatedoft het wohasbe enr ec e
ntly retrieve this note, I will kill the
got t
e noutofbe d,bas edonhi sbl oodshote yesand girl. She will die of an apparent drug
unke mpthai r.Hei sobv i
ous l
yt hemanage r,ashe overdose. Unfortunately, it will lead to
isn'twe aringt hehot eluni form.Thec lockabov e a certain amount of scandal for her
thede skr e adste nthirtythr ee . family and, in certain diplomatic
circles, the nation, as there will be a
Whe nt
heinvest
igat
orsgot ot
hedeskandaskfor man in the room with her. You have one
thenot
ele
ftforthem,thehotelmanage
r,Mr. hour to try to prevent this from
JamesGreen,s
napshisfinger
s.Hemotionst
ot he happening.
ni
ghtde
skc
ler
ktogi
vet
hemt
heme
ssage
.
You are not allowed to involve the
constables in your search. They will
have to rely on their own limited
resources to try and crack the case. If
I determine that you have intentionally
involved them, I will immediately kill
the girl. It is true that I don’t have
eyes everywhere so you might get lucky.
I am certain, however, that you will not
wish to chance it.
Now, take this letter and its envelope

and burn it in the ashtray next to the
ballroom doors. I’ll make certain that
it has been burnt later. If you don’t do
this, I will, of course, kill the girl.
“The game’s afoot,” as your counterpart

once said.
Respectfully Yours,
Zugzwang
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aHiggenbot ham.He rothe rgreatloveis
guests.I
fasked,thenightdeskclerkbelieve
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lingt oi ns tantly
clearlyoutragedonav ari
e t
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els.Sheis,of coope r atewi t
ht hei nv e
st i
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he rattemptatbe ingHol me s
. closef riendswi thHi ggenbot ham,hewi llpul l
them as ideandt r
yt oc onv inc et he mt oke epthe
TheHonor abl eKy leWi lbe rf
or ceAc t on younggi rlfrom ge ttinginv ol ve d.Hebe lie vesthat
Dane sh eis co vering up fo rher frie n d.Hi s ton e w i
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ands ome whats oughtaf terinLondons oc iety,he Thel aundr yc ar tus edint heabduc tioni ss t
ill
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Danewass mi ttenbyMi ssAugus taHi gge nbot ham t hec our s eoft he iri nvestigat i
on.Jus ts hyofs ix
from t hemome nthef i
rstlaide yesonhe ri nt he footwi thas ternmi li
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shMus eum,whe res hewasuns ucce ssfully Jov t
v evi snots uewhe t
he rhes houl dbe lieve
atte mpt ingt ot alkhe rwayi nt os eeingsomeoft he Mi ssHi gge nbot ham orI nspe ctorHar vey .Nor ,at
Thr acianc oll
e ctions .Hist i
tlepav edthewayf or ac ertainl ev el,doe shec ar e.Al lheknowsr i
ght
he randt he yhav eme tregul arlye versinc e. nowi st hathi sdaught eri smi ss i
ngandi ndange r
ofones ortoranot he r.Heandhi saide - de -c
amp
DaneknowsCar olRahl ,whoheme tbrie f
lyata arec ur rentlys earc hingt heHot e
lasbe stt heyc an
char it
ye vent.Henot edhe rbe autyanddi s cretey i
l nanat t
e mptt of indhe rbe for ei tist ool at e.
cont ribut edtohe rwor k.Tohe r,howe ver ,Dane The yar eint he irdr essuni for ms ,ar us et ope rmit
wass impl yonemor ey oungmanwhos he themt oope nlywe art heirc av al r
ys abe r s.
(wr ongl y)as sume dwasmor ei nterestedi nhe r
lookst hanhe rwor k.
ALLI
NMOTI
ON
Hehasc ommandoft heLat i
n,Gr eek,andFr e
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usual l
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iatedwi thoneofhi ssocialclass. Whathappe nsne xtwi l
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fortheMas termi nd.Youmus tkeepinmi ndt he
De t
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orHar v ey actionsofs everalgroupsr elat i
vetooneanot her
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mat ionoras sistanceoutofe ither acco r
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in eand mo di
fi
ed bythe
De tectiv
eJone s,are t
iredc onstable,orIns pecor i
t nvestigators’
ac ti
ons .Youc anke eptrackofthe
Har ve yisaHe roic(6)Difficultyforany even t
s on your countd own time rby r
eferr
ing to
appr opriaterol
ls.The ydonotwantamat eurs thenumbe rsi
npar enthesesf oll
owingeach
eitherge tt
inginthewayort ippingoffthei rquary de
r sc r
iption.Thenumbe rbe foretheslashisthe
--whot heybe l
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ngt oelope.Byway n umb er ofminu tesleft,usi
n g acountdown ti
me r.
ofe vidence,theyhav eaty pewr it
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,onhot l Thenumbe
e rfollowingt heslas histheti
mei n
stati
onar y,warningt hem oft hee l
ope mentand mi nutes ifyouar eusing asto pw at
ch.
possi
blescandal
.Ifaske
d,theDeskClerkbel
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thatt
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ivedatroughl
ythesametimeas
thenoteaddress
edt oMr.Hunter.Theonl
yway
10:30: Thei nv est
igatorsentertheLobby . 11
:03:Higgenbotham andDanearri
veinthe
Zugz wangi sre adingabookandwat c
hingt he l
aundry.Itt
ake sthe
m1 0minut
estofi
ndGort’
s
lobbyf rom theTur ki
s hCoffe
eHous e,near unif
orminas tackoflaundr
ydroppeddownthe
Mi ssHi ggenbot ham andt heHonr oableKy l
e l
aundrychutes.(27/33)
Dane .Shewi l
lgos ofarastoat t
emptt o
cons oleMi ssHi ggenbotham,s houldshe 11:
1 5:Oneoft hebel
lboy
scomingoffdutyte
lls
becomeagi tateddur inganyque sti
oning. Colone lJovtvevever
ythi
ngthatAugusta
Unl essthisde l
ay sher ,s
hewi l
lreti
retor oom ‘
Hi ggenbot ham knows(Hehadoverheardher
815at1 0:45.(60/ 0) conv er
s at
ionwi t
htheHonorableMr.Daneinthe
l
obby .).(15/45)
10:48:Hi ggenbot ham,i nfur
iatedatJones’
s
refusalt ol
ist
e nt oher,be gi
nshe rown 11:
17:Mr .Gr ee
n,followe dbyMi ss
investigati
on,dr aggingDaneal ongwithher. Higgenbot ham andt heHonor abl
eMr .Dane,
Shes tartsbyas kingme mbe rsofthehote
ls t
aff fi
ndt hehe adhous eke eperint helobby.
whe r
et hei
runi formsar eke pt.Onceshelearns Foll
owi ngabr i
efinterview,Mi ssHiggenbotham
thatmos tofthes taf
fke epsthe i
rspare
sin deduc esthattheuni form mus thav ecomefrom
lockersne xttotheki tchen,s hedeci
desto oneoft het opfivefl
oor s,basedonwhe noneof
investigate.(
42/ 18) themai dsdr oppedabl oods t
ai nedtowel(A
gentlemanwasl essthanc arefulwi t
hhisrazor
10:
50:Inspect
orHar v
eyandDe t
ect
iveJones thatmor ningbutne gle
c te
dt ot el
lhouseke
eping
wil
lentertheBall
room,andasktospeakto untill
ater.)from room 71 5.(13/47)
someme mbe r
softheBulgar
iandel
egati
on.
Zugzwangarrive
sathe rr
oom.(40/
20) 11:18:Mr .Gr e enal lowsMi ssHi gge nbot ham t o
exami net her egi s t
ry .Mi ssHi gge nbot ham s ays
10: 56: Hi gge nbot ham andDanes ne aki ntot he t heyar elooki ngf oranynameas sociatedwi th
staf floc ke rr oom.The ydi scove roneoft he che ssabov ethe7t hf loor .TheHonor abl eMr .
loc ke rs,as s i
gne dt oaJoeGor t,hasbe en Danenot icesC.He ssi sr egis t
e redinr oom 81 5.
for cedope n( Hi snamei sont hef ront .). 11:20:Col one lJov tve vandhi sai de-de -camp
Mome nt sl ater ,abar bac kcomi ngof fduty beginahar ds e ar ch.Commande e ri
ngt hes erv i
ce
findsHi gge nbot ham ne arthel oc ke rsand elevat or,theybe gingoi ngf loort ofloor ,looki ng
make sani nde c entpr opositioni fs hewant s foral aundr yc ar t.Mov ingbe twe enf loorst ake s
himt oke e pqui etabouthe rbr eaki ngi ntothe t womi nutespe rf l
oor .( 10/ 50)
loc ke rs.Dane ,whowasont heot he rsideoft he
loc ke rs,c ome sar oundt hec orne randknoc ks 1 1:20:I ns pectorHar ve yi nte r
viewst heJov tvev's
thebar bac kout .Thet woqui cklyl eav e.(38/ 12) mai d,whohasj us tre tur nedf rom ac onc e rt.
Wi thinmome nt s ,bot hheandDe te
c tiveJone s
11:00: Al ar me dbyt heque stionshehasbe e
n realizet heyhav emadeat r
e me ndousmi st ake
as ke d,Col one lJov tvevandhi sai de -de-camp and,wi thahandf ulofuni for me dof ficersi nt ow,
be gint os e archt hehot elafterr etriev i
ngt he i
r r acef ort hes er vic ee levat or.( 1
0/ 50)
swor dsf rom t he i
rr ooms .
Hi gge nbot ham andDaner eturnt othel obby 1 1:21:Mi ssHi gge nbot ham andt heHonor abl e
andas kMr .Jame sGr een,thehot elmanage r, Mr .Danegot ot hes e rvic ee levatort os ear cht he
aboutGor t.Hei nf or mst hemt hatGor twas topf loor s
.Fi ndi ngi tinus e,the yhe adt ot he
take nt ot hehos pi taly e
s t
erdayaf terbe i
ng lobbyandhe adt ot hee ight hf l
oor .Mr .Gr e en,
ac cide nt allybur ne dbygr e
as ei nt heki tchen. me anwhi le,he adsof fins ear chofDe te ct
iv e
Hei s n’ts che dul e dt ober el
eas edunt i
lthe Jone s.( 9/51)
mor ni ng.The yc onv i
nceMr .Gr ee nt hatt hey
ar eont os ome thingandas khi mt ohe lpt hem 11:22:Mr .Gr e enandDe tectiveJone sme e ti nthe
findVi ol e taJov tve v.Heagr eesandt he yhe ad r earhal l
.Mr .Gr ee nt ellshi m andI ns pe ctor
tot hel aundr y.(40/ 20) Har ve ywhathe ,Hi gge nbot ham,andDanehav e
di
scov
ere
d.(
8/52) Ofc ourse,i
tgoeswi t houtsayingthatyous hould
feelfreetoalt
ert hi
st imeli
ne ,bas
e dont he
11:
23:Ins pect
orHar veyandDe t
ectiveJones actions,pref
erenc e
s,andt astesofyourpl ayers.
arri
veatt hese rvi
c ee l
evatorandfindi tinuse. Fore xample,ifyourpl ayersfindthems elvesina
Theybe ginrunni ngupt hebac kstair
s.Mr .Green Me xicanstandoffwi thZugz wanginr oom 81 5,
ret
urnst othel obby .(7/53) feelfreetohavet heCol onelcomebur s
ting
thought hedoorahe adofsc hedul
et opre ci
pitat
e
11:
24:Mi ssHi gge nbot ham andtheHonor abl
eMr .events.
Danear ri
v eatt hee l
e vatorandbegint ohead
towardsthee ighthf loor.(6/54) RESOLVEAWARD:Awar de achinvesti
gator
onepoi ntofRe solve.
11:
25:Zugz wangput sonagr e
ywi g.(5/55)
11
:27:Mi s
sHi gge
nbotham andtheHonroabl
eMr .
Daner e
achthe8t hf
loorandsetofff
ort
hes e
rvi
ce
el
evator.(
3/52)
1
1:30: Zugz
wangki
ll
sMi
ssJov
tve
v.(
0/60)
11
:31
:Mi s
sHi ggenbotham andtheHonorabl
eMr
.
Danefi
ndt helaundrycart
,parkednextt
othe
l
aundrychute.(-1
/61)
11:
32:Zugz wangl eavesroom 81 5and,walki
ng
withacane ,des
ce ndst herears t
airs
.Whenthey
hearsomeonel eavingt hei
rr oom,Mi ss
Higgenbotham andt he.Honor ableMr.Danehide
intheserv
ic ear
e a.The ywatc hZugzwangpassand
decidet
ofol l
owhe r.(-
2/62)
11:34:Colone lJovtvevandhisaide-de-
c ampfind
thelaundr ycar tonthe8thf l
oorandbe gin
searchingthehal l.Thenoiseofcombatorot her
activi
tyfrom r oom 815willatt
ractt
heirimme diat
e
attenti
on,c ausingthemt oburstinthefrontdoor, SCENE4–ROOM 81
5–THECENTER
setti
ngofft hes mokebomb.( -4/64) OFTHEWEB
11
:35:Ins
pect
orHar veyandDete
cti
veJones Zugzwanghasprepare
dhe rr
oom wi t
hthearri
valof
arr
iveonthe8thFloorandwil
lbeatt
rac
tedtoany heropponent
s i
n mind.A ssuch,youshoul
d add
nois
esofconf
li
ct.(
-5/65) opr
appr iat
eplansandc ounterpl
anstoherrepert
oir
e.
Attheveryle
ast,shehasbooby -t
rappedt
hedoorand
11:40:Hav i
ngnot i
ceds hei sbei
ngf ollowe d, windowsinthes i
ttingroom tose
toffasmokebombif
iti
sopenedfrom theout si
de.Shehaswir
edthe
Zugz wangdr opsas mokebombdownt hebac k
widowsinthebe droom,whi chal
soopenontot
heroof
stair
we l
landpl antsanothe ront hefour t
hf loor. oftheadj
oiningbuilding.
Panice rupt
sast here portofsmokes preads
throughoutthehot el.Inthee nsuingc haos , Ther
eisal e
t t
e ri
nas ealedenvel
opeonthedesk,
Zugz wanglos e
sherpur s
ue rsi
nt hesur gingc rowd addr
essedtot heinves
tigator
s(Thisise
ithe
rthe
l
e avesthehot el
.(-
10/ 70) compli
me ntaryortauntinglet
terasdet
erminedbyt
he
inv
esti
gators'
act
ions.)
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deboar
d,a
phonographispl
ayingBach’
sTocat
ainFugue
(Maste
rmi ndswholiketous
emus i
cinthe
ir
campaignsc anbe gi
nt opl aythisqui e
tlywhen enteri
ng,t heymus tmakeanAv er
age( 3)
theinves
tigator
sappr oacht her oom.).Her Diffi
cultyCriminalArti
s t
ryr ollt
oav oidbeing
chairi
splace dsoastogi vehe rac l
earviewof noticed.Ifshenotice
sthe irattempt,shewilldo
thedoorandwi ndows .Ont hes mal lt
ablenext exactl
yasabov e
.Ifnot,thei nvest
igatorsmight
tothechairisherr evolver.Ne xttohe rchai
ris actual
lyge tthedroponhe r.Eachofhe rplans
apur s
eands mallbag,c ontainingtwo arecov eredinmor edetailbe l
ow.
additi
onalsmokebombs .
Ift
heinvest
igatorsdon’tgett
he r
ei ntime,she
Mi ssJov tve
vl iesasleep,t iedtot hebe d.Inthe wil
linj
ectMissJov tvevwit
hthemor phine,
armoi re,aty pewriters alesmanname dRobe rt gat
heruphe rthings,andleave–t akingthe
Hal ehasbe e nhung.Hewass educe dby compli
me nt
aryl et
terwithher.Inbot hcases,he
r
Zugz wangi nt otakingt hisr oom tos pendt he int
endedescapepat hisdownt hee l
evatorand
nightwi thhe r.Shet he ndoc t
oredhi sdr i
nk thr
oughthefrontdoor .
and,af terhepas se dout ,hunghi m.Ont he
nightstandi sanuns igne d,typednot e, Mi ssCarolRahl ,a.k.a.Zugz wang
apologizingf oracc i
de ntallycaus i
ngMi ss As everebe auty,Mi s
sCar olRahlisaf orcetobe
Jov t
vev ’
sde ath.Ne xtt ot henot eisas yri
nge reckone dwi t
h.Shei shi ghlyintell
ige
ntwi tha
containinganunknowns ubstance,apar ti
all
y cl
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,howe v
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s
fullbottleofe ther,andahandke rchie
f,sti
ll amor alc ompas s.Shei sabs olut
e l
ypragmat ic
sme ll
ingf ai
nt lyofe t
he r. andwi llnothe sitat
et odowhat everittakesto
achievehe rends .Shei sme ticul
ousinhe r
As uc cessf
ult estoft hes ubstancei nthe planningandl eavesnoc l
ue sbehind.
syringewi llre vealittobemor phine.The rei s
enoughi nt hes yringetoki llMi s
sJov tv ev
. He rCont ingenc yPl ans
Howt hei nv est
igat orscande termi net he Alway spr epare d,Zugz wanghast hreeescape
cont entsoft hes yringewi lldepe ndont hei
r plans,de pendi ngonwhathappe ns.Thef i
rsti
sif
ski
llsandknowl e dge.Adoc tor,forexampl e , theinv e
st i
gator se nterthefrontdoor .Ifshe
maybeabl et oide nti
fyitbyaqui cktaste–as determine sthatt heyareby pas s
ingthes moke
willac ons tableorf orme rdr ugaddi ct.Any bomb,s hewi llgat herhe rt
hi ngsandl e
av evia
appr opriatelyski ll
eds c
ie nti
stwi thal abwi llbe thebe droom wi ndow,t rustinginhe rtrapsto
ablet odoac hemi calanal ysi
soft hemat er
ial. delaypur suit.Shewi llcros
st heroof,ande nter
Ifthei nvest i
gator scannoti dentifyit
,Sc otland therooftops tair we l
laccess,walkdown,ande xit
YardorDr .Wat s onwi l
l. thebui l
ding.
Zugz wang’ sreactiont ot hei nv estigators ’entr y Ift

hei nv esti
gator senterthrought hewi ndows ,
wi l
lde pendont he i
re nt ry.I ft heys etof fthe shewille xitthrought hedoor ,lockingitbe hind
smokebombore lectroc utet he ms elves,s he her,asme ntionedabov e ,cal
ling"Fire!"Shewi ll
wi l
l,pickuphe rgunandt het aunt ingl etter, thentaket hebac kstair
sdownt ot hefift
hf loor
.
the nleav ethroughwhat e vere xitislefttohe r. Herac tionshe r
ede pendonwhe t
he rornots he
Shewi llthen,ofc our se,s etof fthes econd thi
nkss hehasbe ens ee
nbyt heinv es
tigat
or s.I
f
smokebombt of urthe rc ov erhe re sc
ape .I fthe shehas ,shewi l
linciteapani cusinghe rsmoke
inv esti
gatorstryt oe ntert hr ought hebe dr oom bombs ,asde s cri
be dinthet i
me li
neabov e.Ifnot,
wi ndow,s hewillleav ev iat hef r
ontdoor ,agai n shewills i
mpl yleavethehot el.
settingof fthesmokebombands hout i
ng
"Fire !
"Ass hemake sfort hes tairs.Ifshe Iftheinves
tigatorsaretoolateandMi ssAugusta
leave sthrought hedoorandhast ime ,shewi ll Higgenbotham has ,f
ors omer eas
on,be e
n
lockt hedoorbe hindhe r.I ft hei nv esti
gat ors preventedfr
om i nves
t i
gati
ngt hecase
,Zugz wang
discov erthet r
apbe foree nter ing( aHe roic( 6) willdesc
endt othebot tom f
loorandwal kinto
Di ff
icultyObs ervationr ol l),andt ryt odi sarm thelobby.Onc ethere,Zugzwangs implywalks
thet rap( aChallengi ng( 4)Cr aftorDe mandi ng awayi nt
otheni ght.
(5)Cr imi nalArtistr
ySki llRol l)be fore
Zugz
wang'
sTaunt
ingLe
tte
r:
My Opponent,
I am so sorry that I was out by the time you called. Punctuality is something
you will need to work on.
I may be in touch again, depending on my inclination and review of your
performance. After all, I should give you more than one chance to get the hang
of things. Until then, consider the young woman’s death. Perhaps meditation on
your failure will whet your appetite for our second meeting.
Sincerely,
Zugzwang
PS: I have treated this paper with a chemical that reacts to the air. I would
recommend dropping it now. No sense in leaving evidence, after all.
Zugz
wang'
sCompl
ime
ntar
yLe
tte
r
My Dear, Worthy Opponent,
Thank you. My faith in humanity has been restored. I had begun to fear that mankind
had ceased to be a thinking animal. I regret that I was unable to remain and thank
you in person but I have no desire to surrender myself into police custody at this
time.
I’m sure that we’ll be in touch again soon. Thank you again for the exhilarating
adventure.
With my deepest and sincerest respect,
Zugzwang
PS: I have treated this paper with a chemical that reacts to the air. I would
recommend dropping it now.
I
nbothcas
es,t
heedgesoft
hepaperdarke
n
t
henbus
tintof
lameastheInv
est
igat
orsfi
nis
h
r
eadi
ng.
AFTERMATH
Whathappe nsne xtde pe ndse ntire

lyonwhatt he
inves
t i
gatorshav eac c ompl ished.Ifthe yhav e
acquitt
e dthems elve swe l
l,atleastgettingc l
ose
tocatchingZugz wang,s hewi llbeimpr essedby
them andv iewt he m aswor t
hyadv e r
s aries
.The y
shoulde xpecttohe arf rom he ragains ome time
inthefut ure
.Ifs hei sc aughtbyt he
inves
t i
gators,shewi llbet hrill
ed,ope nl y
acknowl edgi
ngt he m ase qual s
.Al t
hought he
constableswi l
lleadhe raway ,itwillpr obably
comeasnos urprisewhe nshee s
cape st hre
e
weeksl ater
.
IfMi s
sVi ole
taJovtv
e vi
srescued,herfat
heris
thril
ledandgi vet
heinvesti
gator
sar eward–a
dinneri nthei
rhonorattheSophi aHotel
.He
willalsodohi sbe
sttohelpthem outinthe
future,shouldtheyf
indthems el
vesinBulgar
ia.
Ther eac ti
onofSc otl
andYar dandBr iti
sh
Int
e ll
igenc e,i
nt hepe r
sonofMy c
roftHol me s ,
wil
lde pe ndont heac ti
onstheinv est
igatorst ook
duringt hec ourseoft headv ent
ure.Sc otl
and
Yardwi l
lbev erypl easediftheinvestigators
haves av edMi ssJov tvev,gi
venthatt heyhad
beenout witte
d.I nspe c
torHar v
e y
,although
ini
tiall
yr esentful,willbeaus ef
ulc ontacts hould
theyhav etocros sswor dswithZugz wangagai n.
Ifac ompl etesuc cess,My cr
oftHolme swi llbe
impr essedandbe gi
nt otakemor enot eoft he
investigators.
Dependingonthenatureofyourcampaign,
Zugzwangmaymakeane xcell
entret
urni
ng
vi
llai
n–onet hatcanbecapturedanddispos
ed
ofasyourcampaigndir
ects.
99
THE CASE OF THE
Ma
nti
sMur
der
er
By Matt Lopshire
OVERVI
EW specime ns.Sher ailedr ightbac kathi m,
wonde r i
nghowhee vennot ic edt hes pe c
ime ns
Char l
ot t
eMoor e,twe nty-fi
ve,wasame mbe rofa whi l
ehes t
aredl ur i
dlyaf t
erhe ral lthet i
me .
mi nornobl ehous e.Nobl e,yetnotaswe althyas Thi swashar dlyt hec ase ,butt heac cus ati
on
theyhadbe eni ny earspas t.Shes oughtf i
nanc ial caughthi m offguar d.Af t
erhes torme dof f,s he
stabil
ityinadi fferentmanne rt hanmos ty oung kne ws hene ede dtoac tqui c kly .Itwast ool atein
ladies.Wi thhe rfathe r'
sas si
stanc e,shegai ne d t hee veningfort heol df oolt or i
nghi ss olicit
ort o
empl oyme ntwi thane ntomol ogistfortyy earshe r havehi swi l
lchange d,s het hought .Shewai te d
senior.Pr ofessorThadde usThor ntonhadmade unt ilthehous e holdwasas lee p,c repti ntohi s
at i
dys um lecturingandwr it
ingf ieldjournal s bedroom,ands mot he redhi m wi t
hapi ll
ow.She
afterane arlyretire
me ntf r
om Owe nsCol l
egei n wasaboutt oc he ckforapul sewhe nt hebe droom
Manc he ster
.Hehadnohe irstohe rknowl edge doors wungope n.Thef irstf oot manandmai d
andr easone dshec oul dat t
aint hel i
on'sshar eof s toodt hereaghas t
,s eeingt he irmas terbe i
ng
hisfortuneuponhi sde ath.Shewasnotc ont ent mur der edbyt hey oungl adyhehadt rus ted.
towai tforthei nevitable,howe v er.De spitet he Char l
ot t
eattempt edt of l
ee,butwase as i
ly
man' sbout sofpne umoni aher e peatedly caughtandhe l
dunt ilthepol icear rive d.The
recover e
dands eeme dnowor sef orit. pape r
sgotwi ndofi tands tart edt oc allhe rt he
Char l
ot t
e'spatiencewasal readywe aringthi n Mant isMur de rer,likeni nghe rt oapr ay i
ng
whe nt hetwohadhadanar gume nt.Hes pe nt mant iskill
inghe rmat eaf tert hepas s ionwas
thebe tterpartofanhourc riti
cizinghe rme thods c ompl ete.
ofpr eservi
ng,labe l
ing,ands toringhi s
102 THE CASE OF THE MANTIS MURDERER
THECRI
ME EndgameI :I fthei nv estigat orshav eunc ov ered
JohnPat ric k'sr e lations hipwi tht hede c eas ed
Whati sont hes ur fac eanope n- and- shutc as e and/ ort re athi m asas us pe ct,t hec ook' ss oni s
isinf ac tane ntire lydi f
fe rentaf f
ai r.Char l
otte r attledbyt hei nv e stigat or s' probe .JohnPat ric k
smot her edamant hatwasal readyde ad.John steals th e g o od silv er an d th irt
y or so po u n dso f
Pat r
ic kFi t
z simmons ,thec ook' ss on,ac t ually loosemone yf rom t hehous ehol d.I ft he
mur de redPr ofe ss orThor nt on.Hehadus ed inve stiga to rs h a ve th e p re se nce ofmi ndt os ear c
h
someoft hepot as s ium c yani def r om t hes t
udy ; thedoc ksf orhi m,t he ymayf indhi mi fthe ycan
thes amec he mic alt hePr ofe ssorus e di nhi s makeaHe r oic( 6)Di fficul tyObs erv ationr oll.
killjarf ort hes pe c ime ns .JohnPat ri
c kl ace d P rocee d t o th e F in al C on fr on tation . If t
h e party
hisfoodwi thi twhe nhes erve dt hee ve ni ng cannotl oc at eJohnPat rickatt hedoc ks,hebooks
me al.Thor ntondi eds ixandahal fhour s p assag e a cro ss th e C ha n ne l to Fr anc e,the r eto
befor eChar lottee nt eredt heol dman' s seekhi sf or tunei nt hec ul inar yf ield.Bas edon
bedr oom. thec onf lictings tor ies,t hej udgede clar esa
mi strial.Char lot tei sf re e,butl eav est hec ount ry
indi sgr ac e.Re duc et heExpe rie ncePoi ntawar d
THETHREATMETER fore ac hi nv es tigat orbyone .TheBar one s spay s
eac hinv e stigat ort wopoundsf ort he ire fforts.
1.Themur de reri sc onc e rne dt henos y
inve stigat orsar eas kingt oomanyque stions . EndgameI I:Thei nv est i
gat orshav ec onc lude d
Hebe ginsc onc eal ingakni feonhi spe rs on,j ust thatJohnPat ric ki st hemur de rerorknowswho
inc as e. didi t.The irat te mptt ot akehi mi ntoc us tody
resulte di nabr awl .Be ate n,t heki llermadegood
2.Thei nv estigat or sque stiont heiri nv olv eme nt
, hise sc apeonf oot .Hehasnot hingbutt he
thinki ngi trat herpoi ntless.Rol l
inga1ont he clothe sonhi sbac k,howe v er .Hee ngage si n
She rloc kDi enol onge rhasane ffect. somepe ttyt he ftst oge tt hemone yhene edst o
gett ot hec oas t.The rehehopst hef irsts hi pt hat
3.Themur de rermake ss ur et heot he rfoot me n wi l
ltakehi m asas toke r.Hi smot he rne v erhe ars
areal way sne arby ,s houl dt he rebeany from hi m agai n.Thei nv e stigat orst aket he ir
altercat ion.Shoul dt hei nv estigator sat t emptt o evide nc et ot hebar riste r,whoc onv inc est he
appr e he ndorde t ai nJohnPat rick,t hef oot me n j udget odr opt hec har ge sagai ns tChar lot te.She
rus ht ohi sai d.The yar ee achal l
owe done isfree ,butmov e st oanot he rc ount rywi th
attackbe forei nitiat iveisde te rmi ne d.Re fert o r elative st oav oidf ur the rs hame .Re duc et he
theFi nalConf ront ations e ctionf ormor e Expe ri enc ePoi ntawar df ore ac hinv e stigat orby
informat i
on. one .TheBar one sspay se ac hi nv estigatort wo
poundsf ort he ire ffor ts.
4.Ev ery onei nvol v edbe ginst or ese ntt he
inve stigat orsat te mpt stor ehas hanobv ious ly EndgameI II:I ft hei nv es tigat orshav enot hing
clos e
dc as e.Rol l
inga1ora2ont heShe rlock thatl eadst he mt oi mpl icat eJohnPat rick,he
Di enol onge rhasane ff
e ct. attendst hee xe c ut ionofPr of essorThor nt on' s
wi l
lwi t hc onf ide nc e.Whe nhedi scov er st hatt he
5.Thede ade ndsands etbac ksar emaki ngt he bulkoft hef or tunei sgoi ngt oane ndowme ntat
cases eem hope le ss .Eac hi nv estigat orl os es Owe nsCol le ge ,hes tor msbac khomeand
twoRe sol ve. pe rf
or mst hepe ttyt he ftde taile dinEndgameI .
Awe ekl ate r ,thei nv estigat or swi l
lr ec eivea
6.Thec as ei shangi ngbyat hre ad.Ev er ye ffort letterf rom hi smot he re xpl ai ningwhathedi d.A
seemsanuphi llbat tle.Rol l
inga1 ,2,ora3on c opyoft hel e tte ri ss entt oMr .Dav isFal l
owe s,
theShe rloc kDi enol onge rhasane ff
e ct. thebar r iste r.Char lottei sr eleas ed,butl eav es
Londonqui ckl yt oav oi dbe i
ngas oc ialpar iah.
Re duc et heExpe rienc ePoi ntawar df ore ac h
THE CASE OF THE MANTIS MURDERER 103
i
nve
sti
gat
ort
oone
.
EndgameI V:Shoul dthei nvestigatorsmi s

t akenly
impl ic
ates ome onee l
seint hehous eholdot he r
thanJohnPat ri
c k,theunf ortunat epe r
soni s
dragge dintoav er yshort,unpl easanttrial
.
Mi smat chede vide nce,il
logicaltimet ables,and
unr easonede xplanat ionsabound.Thej udge
declaresami st
r i
al ;noonegoe st ojail
.Char lott
eis
released,butc annots howhe rfaceont hes t r
e et
s
ofLondon.Sheandhe rfami lyretiretoWal es,
hopi ngthewhol es ordidaf f
airwi llonedaybe
forgotten.Re duc etheExpe r i
enc ePointawar df or
eachi nve s
tigatort oone .Als otakeawayone
StatusDi ef rom e achinv est
igatorf orgetti
ng
tangledupi ns uc has candal.
EndgameV:Thei nv estigator ssubdueand

appr ehe ndJohnPat r ick,br inginghi m andt heir
evidenc eagai ns thimt ot hepol ic
e.For mal
charge sar ebr oughtf orthandt het r
ialt ake splace SCENE1-AREQUESTFROM ALADY
quickly .Theac c usedman' ss torywi the rsunde r
thepr os ecution'sat tacksandaGui l
tyv e rdictis Thei nv est
igat orshavebeens ummone dt o221b
broughtbac kwi thinanhour .Al lchar ge sagains t byDr .Wat son.Hehadr ece
ivedal e
tte
rf rom a
Char l
ot tear edr oppe d.They oungl adyi sfree,but Barone s
sCy nt hiaMoor e.He rdaughte
rs tands
wass tillinhe rempl oy e r’
sbe droom atmi dnight. accus edofmur der.Shehase ntr
eatedDr .
Shedi sc reetlyleav esLondonandl ivesi nt he Wat sont ohe arhers i
deofthes t
ory.Dr .Watson
Moor ef ami ly'sc ount ryc ottaget oav oidt he hasi nv i
tedtheBar onesstoBakerStreetto
sideway sgl anc esoft hec it
ize nry.Awar dt he dis
c us sthec asewi ththepart
y .
investigator sthef ullamountofExpe rienc ePoints
forthe irinv olveme nti nas uc cessfulc ase.The Re
adt
hef
oll
owi
ngt
othei
nve
sti
gat
ors
:
Statusofe ac hme mbe roft hepar t
yi nc reas e
sthr ee
Circlesduet ot hegoodwr ite-upsi nt he “Youhav eallarrive
dat221 bf oras eri
ousmat te
r.
ne wspape rs.TheBar one sspay seachi nve sti
gator Dr.Wat sonsummone dyouandt oldyouthe
tenpoundsf ort he i
re fforts. me et
ingwasgr avelyimportant.Hehasadv ised
youallthattheBar one s
sCy nthiaMoor ewillbe
arri
vingat10:00i nt hemor ningandnoneofy ou
MASTERMI
NDNOTE: aretobel at
e.He rLady s
hipisde eplyconcerned
abouthe ronlydaught er.Everyonei stobeon
Thef oll
owingSc enesar ei
nal ogicalse quence, thei
rbe stbehaviorandnot hingbutt heutmos tin
butdonotbes ur
prisediftheinve s
tigatorsmov e Vict
or i
anmanne rswi l
lbetolerated.He r
throught hem outofor der.Beflexibleandl e
t Ladyshipwi l
lexplainthepar ti
culars.Youwi ll
themt akethepat hthats eemsrightt ot hem.Do renderaidinamanne rworthyoft heGe ntl
eman
notbeaf raidtoadvanc etheThre atMe ter, whosehomey ounowi nhabit.”
though,ifthe yar
ec hasingdownde ade nds.For
exampl e,goingtothebar ri
ste
rwi thoute vi
dence TheBar onessar r
ivespromptlyatteno'c
lock.
(orev e
nas uspec
t)mi ghtwarrantani nc r
ease. Sheisane l
e gantly-
dresse
dgauntwomani nher
earl
yf i
ft
ies
.Shei smaintaini
nghe rar
istocrat
ic
deme anorforthemome ntbutlooksli
kes heis
abouttobur stintotear
s.He rfaceisc
are worn
andt
hei
nve
sti
gat
orsar
eaboutt
ofi
ndout t
ofe
edont
hemal
eaf
terc
ongr
ess
.
why.
I
tc annotbet rue
!Shei sanoble
,well
-bre
d
“Iwouldliketothanky ouallf
orme et
ingwi t
h youngl adyofquali
ty.Theremustbeanother
me .IfDr.Wat s
onhadnotagr e
edt othis,Ido explanation.Ple
asetel
lmey ouwil
llookint
othe
notknowwhatIwoul dhavedone .Thepol ic
e mat t
erandf indthetr
uth.
”
areusel
ess,theme diaisful
lofblackguards,
eventhebarris
terwoul dnotaidme .Some one He rLady shippr ov ide st hei nv es tigat orst he
mus tl
ist
en!Iapol ogize
.Iam ge tt
ingabi t addr essoft hede ce asedal ongwi tht he
aheadofmy self
. ins truct ionst ospe akt oaMr .St agg,t he
Pr ofe ssor 'sbut ler .Thenameoft hebar r is
ters he
Ihav eadaught ername dChar l
ot te.Shewasa c ont ac te di sDav isFal lowe s ;hi sof ficei snotf ar
pre ciousc hildandIhadhi ghhope sf orhe r from he re.
mar ryingi nt oaf i
nef ami ly.Howe ver ,s hewas
he ads trong,l ikehe rf ather ,anddi dnotwi shto Awor daboutSt at us :TheBar one ssi s
bemar ried.We l
l,IknowIc oul dne v e rhav e dis traughtandmus tbet re ate dwi tht heut mos t
dones uc hat hi ngwhe nIwashe rage ,but res pe ctorof fe nsewi llbet ake n.Pe nalizer udeor
the sear edi ffere ntt i
me s
.He rf athe ri ndul ged i ns ens i
t ivei nv estigat or swi that wo- circl
e
thiswhi m ofhe rs.Hee venas sist edi nf inding r educ tiont ot heirSt atus .
aj obf orhe r.I magi ne !Some oneof
Char l
ot te'
supbr ingingwor ki ngf oral iving!At RESOLVEAWARD:Thei nv es tigat or sre cei
v e
leas titwasnots omeme ni alt as k.Char lot te oneRe s olv ee achf ort aki ngt hec as e .
wor kedf orPr ofe ssorThadde usThor nt on,t he
emi ne nte ntomol ogis t.Char lot tehasal way s
be enf as ci
nat e dbyt hatpar ticul ars c ient ific SCENE2-THEPROFESSOR’ S
field.Shehas ,fort hel astf oury ear s,as sisted RESI DENCE
thePr ofe ssorwi thhi ss pe cime nc oll
e c ti
ons
andt ypi ngt hev arioust reat ise shepubl is hed. Re adt hef ollowi ngt ot hei nv es tigat or s:
Hehadof te nc omme nt edhowus e f
uland
ne ce s
sar ys hewast ohi swor k.Ine ve rkne wof “ Yourpar tyar ri
v eswi thouti nc ide ntatt he
anyki ndoft roubl e. Pr ofe ssor 'sfor me rhome .I ti sr at he ral arger
bui ldingt hanonei magi ne sar e tire dpr of ess
ort o
Twoni ght sago,mydaught er ,Char lot te ,was inh ab it. A gu tte
r sn ipe c all
s to y o u a sy ou stare at
foundi nt hebe dr oom oft hePr of e s
s or .She thei mpos i
nge dific e.“ Cor ,guv 'ne r !Youknow
wasont opofhi sbe d,hol di ngal argepi ll
ow. w h ere y ou i
s ? Th a t'sth e ho u se th e Mant is
Twoofhi ss ervant smadet hedi sc ov ery .Whe n Mur de re rdi di nt hatpr ofes sor !Is e l
lne ws pape rs
the yc he cke dont hePr ofess or ,hewasde ad. fort uppe nce ;I'ves oldal otmor es inc esheki l
led
Char l
ot tewasar reste dandc ar tedawayt o tha t old b lok e!” T h e ch i
ld d a rts o ff like a shot.
who- knows -whe re.Ihav ehadnoc ont ac twi th Whe nt hei nv estigat orsknoc kont hedoor ,the y
he r.Thebar risterhasas sur e dmes hei sf ine are gree ted by a red -
h ea ded y o un g ma n o fsi
x teen
fort hemome nt,butadv ise dt hathec annot whos tat esnov i
s itorsar ebe ingadmi ttedatt his
wi nhe rf r
e edom wi t
ht hec as eagai ns the r.I time .Some onei nt hepar t
ywi llne e dt omakea
hav emadei nqui riesoft hepol ic e,butt he ywi l
l su cce ssfu lO ra tory o r C ha rm S k illR o ll
; the
notdi scus sany thingwi t
hme .Ihav enowayof Di ffi
c ultyi sAv erage( 3) .I fs ome onet ake sa
knowi ngi ft he yar et hor oughl yi nv estigat i
ng differ en t ap pro ach an d ma k es a Me n ace SkillRoll,
thisc rimeorj us ttaki ngi tasr eadt hatmy us et hes ameDi fficul ty.Suc c ess fulornot ,reduc e
daught erc oul ddos uc hat hi ng.Thel oc al thati nve stigat or'sSt at usbyoneCi rcle.Suc h
ne ws pape r shav ebe enabs olut elyghas tly . be h av i
o r ismo st un bec omi n g .
The yar ec alli
ngmydaught er“ TheMant is
Mur de rer”be caus eoft hei ns e ct '
spr edi lec t
ion Onc et he ygai ne nt ranc e,the ywi llbeus he r
edt o
thepar lor .Re adt hef ollowi ngt ot hepar ty:
“Mr.St agg,t
hebutler,bustlesintotheroom af
ter Lead2:Itwasdamagedbys omeonecl
imbi
ng
abriefwai t
.Hei sashor t
,br oadmanofne ar
ly thr
oughit
.
si
xty.Thepoorc hapdoe sn'tlookli
kehehass lept Lead3:Thes e
rvant
sthats
houldhavefi
xedit
si
ncet hemur derofhismas ter.Hedoess e
e mto werenegl
ige
nt.
rel
axabi twhentheinvestigatorsexpl
ainwhot hey
areandwhyt heyhavec ome . As ke ac hoft heinv estigatorst or ollan
Obs e rvat i
onSki llRol l
.Appl yt henor malbonus
“Lordbl es
sy ou,gentle
fol
k!Tohav epeoplec ome ifsome onehast heObj ec t
sSpe cialty.Any one
from 221bi saGods end!Not hingmake sany whos core sfourormor esuc cesse smayf inda
sensehe re.They oungLadyMoor e,akill
e r
?How tornpi e c
eofpape r.Theonl ywor dsoni tar e
canitbet rue?No,goods i
rsandmadams ,ther
eis “..
.soundmi ndand. ..”
.Thi sisapi eceofthene w
some thi
ng...
Ohhowwoul dt heGr eatManhav e Las tWi ll&Te stame ntthatPr ofessorThor nton
putit?..
.af
oot.Ial waysenj
oy e
dr eadingabout haddr afteds hor tl
ybe f
or ehi sde ath.Hehad
Mr .Holme s'exploi
ts,Godresthiss oul
.Iwi shI onlys tartedt hedoc ume ntwhe nt hepoi s
on
hadr eadmor e;may beIcouldfigureoutthi s startedge t
tingt hebe t
terofhi m andhel aiddown
puzzle. ont hebe d.JohnPat ri
ckc amei nandt ucke dthe
mani nbe dwi thoutbot he r
ingt oc hangehi mi nto
“Iwil
lpersonall
yguidey ouaboutthepoor hisbe dc l
ot hes.ThePr ofessorwass ti
llbreathing,
Master'
shome .Is houl
df ancyyouwi l
lwantt ose
e soJohnPat ri
ckne ededt or eturnl ater.He
thebedroom.Cl uesandwhat not.I'
llals
or unyou planne dont el
lingt heot her shehadhe arda
bythestudy,whe r
ehes pentmos tofhistime. nois eint heol dman' sr oom anddi scoverhi s
ThenIcanbr ingtheservantsheretothepar l
or.I body .Hedi dnotpl anonChar l
ot tebeingin
expec
tyouwi llhavequestionsaf
terlookingabout thereaswe ll
.Het ooki tasgoodf ortunethough,
thehouse. andhasmades ur ee veryone( i
nc ludingthe
ne ws pape rs)hashe ardabouthe rinvolveme nt.
RESOLVEAWARD:Theinv
esti
gat
orsr
ece
iveone Afters hewasar rested,hewe ntaboutt her oom
Res
olv
eeac
hforc
ompl
eti
ngthesce
ne. andputi ti nor de r
.Hef oundane wwi l
lthat
Thor nt onhads tartedandt orei tup,ne glecti
ngt o
accountf ore verypi ece .
SCENE3-THEBEDROOM
Shouldt
heinv
esti
gatorsdete
rmi
nethes
crapof
Mr .Staggbri
ngst hei
nvest
igator
stothe paperwasf
rom aLastWi l
l&Tes
tament
,giv
e
Professor'
sbedroom.Hes tatessi
mplythat themthi
scl
ueimme diate
ly.
nothinghasbe e
ndi st
urbedsavefortheremoval
ofthebody .Hei sext
remelyuncomfortabl
e Cl
ue3:Fr
agme
ntofaLas
tWi
ll&Te
stame
nt
beingint her
oom ande xc
us eshi
ms e
lfquickl
y.
Lead1:Someonede
stroy
edanoldc opyofhis
Clue1
:Profe
ssorThor
ton'
sbe
dcl
othe
sar
e will
.
hangi
ngnear
by,unwri
nkle
d Lead2:Someonedest
royedacurr
entc opyofhi
s
will
.
Lead1:TheProfes
sordi dn'
tsle
epinthe
m. Lead3:Someonedest
royedanewerv e
r s
ionof
(True
) thewil
l.(
True)
Lead2:Theyareas pareset
.
Lead3:Themai dmus thavelaunde
redthe
m Ifnoneofthei nv
e s
tigator
sc omeac rossthescr
ap
andhungthem upoutofhabi t
. ofpape r
,Chloethemai dc anf i
ndi tlaterandgive
itt
ot hem.Thi sshouldonl ytakepl aceifthe
Cl
ue2:Thewi
ndowwi
llnots
tayc
los
ed.(
Fal
se partyiswellandtrulystuckonwhatt odone xt
.
Cl
ue) IftheMor i
artydieresulthaspl ague dthem,
perhapsalitt
leme rcyisinor der.
Le
ad1
:Thewi
ndowc
atc
hwast
ampe
redwi
th
RESOLVEAWARD:Theinvest
igat
orsrec
eiv
e nots
topt
hemas t
erfr
om dr
ess
ingherdownl
ike
oneRes
olv
eeac
hforc
omple
tingthesce
ne. hedi
d.Senthe
rflyi
ngof
finaragei
tdid.
JohnPat rickismyonl yson.Hei sagoodboy ;

SCENE4–THESTUDY thatiswhyt hemas te
rmadehi mt hefi
rst
footman.Any onewhodi dnotl i
kethatwasjust
Thisroom isl
arge rt
hane xpecte
d,butpe rhapsit jealous.
isanill
usi
onbe causeofthethous andsofinsect
specimenscoll
ected.Itri
v al
sthec ol
lect
ionsof JohnPat ricktookt
hemas ter'
slastmealuptohis
anymus eum theinvest
igatorshavev i
sit
ed.The r oom.I twasnotunc ommonf orthemasterto
mur derweapon( pot
assi
um c yanide)i
sint hi
s takeame alupthereinst
e adofthediningroom.
room. Us uall
yitme anthewaswor ki
ngons ome t
hing.
Cl
ue4:Thec
hemi
calbot
tl
esar
eindi
sar
ray
. Thefoot
mentookcareoftaki
ngthemast
er'
sbody
tot
hatphot
ographerf
ell
ow,Mr .Smyt
heIthi
nk?
Lead1:Charl
ott
edidnotti
dyupbe for
eshele
ft.
Lead2:Someoneinexpe
rie
nc edhandl
edthe
m. JohnPat rick'
sfat her?Thati snothingIwoul d
(True
) dis
cusswi thy oul ot.(
Infact,itisthePr of
essor.
Lead3:TheProfes
sorwaslookingf
or Mollywillnotadmi tt
hattoany one ,butJohn
somethi
ng. Patri
ckist her e
s ultofThornton'sindiscret
ion
withthec ook.Whe nshewe ntt ohim after
war dto
Cl
ue5:The
r earequi
teafewe
mpt
yspot
sina tel
lhims hewasi nt hefamilyway ,hes aidhe
di
spl
ayc
ase.(Fals
eClue) wouldpr ovidefort hec hi
ldbutwasnotwi l
li
ngt o
admittoanyi mpr opriety
.Hehasgi venhere xt
ra
Lead1:Somer areandval
uablespeci
me nshave mone ytoc arefort heboy .Onc ehewasol d
gonemi s
sing. enoughtoj oint hehous ehol
ds t
aff
,hewasgi vena
Lead2:Char lot t
ehidthemt oannoythe bett
erpos iti
ont hanmos tpeoplethoughthe
Prof
e s
sor. deserve
d. )
Lead3:As er
v antcarel
ess
lydamage dthem,the
n
hidthemt oavoi dpunis
hme nt.
igat
orsrec
eiv
e SCENE6-INTERVI
EWINGTHE
oneRes
olv
eeac
hforc
omple
tingthesce
ne. SERVANTS
Whe nthei nv
esti
gatorsarer
eadytospeakwi t
h
SCENE5–THEKI
TCHEN thest
aff,thebutl
erleadsever
yonebackdownt o
theparl
or .Hewi l
lfet
c hwhi
cheverser
v antt
he
Thekitcheni ts
elfisunremar kable,butthec ook part
ywi shestoquesti
onandwai tout
sidethedoor
isnot.Shei sMol lyFi
t z
simmons ;animpos ing unti
ltheyhav efi
nished.TheRuleofFourappl i
es
womanwhos eruleislawi nhe rdomai n.She toeachc onver
sati
on.
wasaf i
e r
cebe autyinhe rday ;nowt hebeaut yis
gonebutt hef i
erceremai ns.Thebut lerhas WhatJohnPat
ric
kknows
:
broughtthei nvest
igatorsheret oaskque s
tions
becausehewoul dnotdar easkhe rtojointhe m Itookhim ups omefoodt hateveni
ng.Putiton
inthepar l
or.TheRul eofFourappl i
estothi s hislit
tl
et ablei
nhi sroom.Hewasathi sde skand
conversat
ion. saidhewoul dhaveitlat
e r
.Thatwasthelast
thinghes aidtome .Idi dnotgobacktohisroom
WhatMol
lyFi
tzs
immonsknows
: untilChloeandIwe nttose ewhatt
henoisewas .
Thatiswhe nwes awChar lott
eonhisbed,with
Nevercar
edmuchforChar
lot
te.Sheli
kedt
o thepill
owi nhe rhands !
t
hinkshewasbe
tte
rthantheserv
ants
.Thatdi
d
WhatWal l
acePost,thefoot
man,knows :
Thestudy?No,Ihavenor
easont
ogointher
e.
Makesmys ki
ncrawl
.WhenIwasgr
owingup,the Mr.Fi
tzsi
mmonsi sabi tyoungerthanme,butcor
,
masterwouldshowmewhathedi
dinther
e,butI he '
sbeenhereallhisli
fe,i
d'nthe?There'
sagood
neve
rf anc
iedit. r
easonforhim bei
ngpr omot e
dove rme
,I'msure.
(Givet
heinve
sti
gator
sClue7)
Wallaceandacoupleofl
adswrappedthemast
er's
bodyandwet ookhimtothatMr.Smythe'
sst
udio. Clue7:JohnPatr
ick'
spr
omotiont
oFi
rst
Mr.Smy themadethearr
angementsaft
ert
hat. Footman
Funerali
stomorrowat2:00Ibeli
eve.
Lead1:Heisane xemplaryworke
r.
Myf ather
?Mom doe sn'ttalkabouthim,soIdon't Lead2:Hismothe rputinagoodwor dforhim.
car
e.( Infac t
,JohnPatrickhasknownf orawhi l
e. Lead3:TheProfessorhadanothe
rr e
ason.( Tr
ue)
Heappr eciatedthef
irs
tf ootmanpos i
ti
on,but
ass
ume dhewoul dinherittheProfe
ssor'
swe al
th Meandt heladswr appedupthemas t
er'sbody,
ins
teadofwor ki
ngforit.Hi simpati
encecaused y e
ah?Iain'tnev
erdoneany thi
nglikethat.
himt oconc octt
hemur de rscheme.
)
Thewi llget
sreadtomor row,yeah?Nobodywant s
WhatwasChl oeandIdoingbe f
orewewe nttot
he tot
alkabouti t,butsomeonei sgoi
ngt oberi
ch.
master'sbedr
oom?Ne very oumind.(Theywere ThePr ofess
or'
sgotnoki ds,somay bethebutl
er
shari
ngamome ntofpas
sion.Aftert
heyfini
shed, wil
lmakeoutal ri
ght?Thebl okethreehouse
s
JohnPat ri
ckclaimedhehe ardanois
eandwe ntto downus edtobeabut l
er.Nowhe '
sgothisown
inve
stigate
.) but
ler,andamans iontoputhi min!!
WhatChl
oeCuppe
r,t
heups
tai
rsmai
d,knows
: WhatEr
nes
tSt
agg,t
hebut
ler
,knows
:
IsawChar
lot
tewi
tht
hepi
ll
ow!Shemus
thav
e What '
sallt
hisrotaboutanargument?Themast
er
ki
lle
dhim! andIdi s
cussedeveryt
hingwithnev
erarai
sed
voic
e.Some onehasbe enli
ste
ningatke
yhole
s
Char l
ottewasn'ttheonl ype rs
ont ogetther ough agai
n.
edgeoft hemas te
r '
stongue .Yous houldas kMr .
Stagg..
.(Givetheinv es
t i
gatorsClue6) The rewasoneot hert hingint heMas ter'
sr oom
thatwasr emov ed,butthatwashi sdi nne rtr ay.It
Clue6:Mr .Stagghadar guedwi t
hPr ofes
s or woul dnotdot ohav ethatgoi ngof f,y ouknow.
Thor ntonabout..
. Mos tuns avor y.JohnPat rickr emov edit.Cl ums y
foolmus thaves pill
eds ome t
hi ng;hewast e n
Lead1 :wage s. mi nuteswas hi ngupaf t
e r
war d.( JohnPat rick
Lead2:al eaveofabs ence . des t
roy edmos tofthee v i
denc eofpoi soningby
Lead3:s t
affi
ngde cisi
ons .(True) gettingr i
doft hef oods craps .Heal sos pe ntav e r
y
longt imewas hinghi shands ,t hi
nki ngs ome
JohnPat ric
kwas ..
.nearbywhe nIhe ardanoi se residuel i
nger ed.Hewasnott ot
allys ucc essful,
downt hehall
.Ias kedhi mt oc omewi t
hme . though.As mal lamountoft hepot as si
um c yanide
Whati fitwasabur gl
ar? remai nsi ns
idet hec uffofhi spantl e g.I fan
inves t
igatorse archeshispe rson,l ett hem makean
(Optional)Mr .Staggal l
owe dmet ot i
dythe Obs ervationSki llRoll.Fi vesuc cesse swi l
lme et
bedroom afteryoul otwe redone .Ifoundt his theDe mandi ng( 5)Di ff
icultyandwi l
lde tectt he
scrapofpape r.Iwasgoi ngtothrowi taway ,but powde r.Shoul ds ome onei nt hepar t
yr ecogni ze
Mr .Staggthoughty oumi ghtwanttos eeitfir
st. thec ompoundwi t
haMe dici
neSki llRol l(four
succ essesneede d),JohnPat rickwi llthinkt hejig
isupandgi veac rytot hefoot me n.Pr ocee dt othe
Fi
nalConf
ront
ati
on. postmortem photographyisabi tdis
turbi
ngt o
mode r
ns ensi
bil
ities
.Ne ve
rtheles
s,theProfes
sor
It
'struewedonotknowt henatureofthewi l
l. wasbroughthe retobephot ographedonef i
nal
Thatwasbe twee
nthemas t
erandhi ssoli
cit
or, ti
me .Speakingwi t
hMr .Smy t
hey i
eldsoneclue.
Mr .MichaelCor
don.Wewi llal
llearnthe
tr
ut hofitt
omorrow,af
tert
hemas terislai
dt o Clue8:Thebodywasmuc hhar dertoposethan
rest. normal..
.
Wallac
ehasitallwrong.Themanwhous e
dto Le
ad1:be
causeofhi
sadvancedage.
beabutleri
sfourdoorsdown.Goodc hap.He Le
ad2:becaus
eofri
gormorti
s.(True)
evenshookmyhand.Idoubtt hatwouldever Le
ad3:becaus
eofse
vereart
hrit
is.
happentome ,butamanc andream,canhe
not? Thef uneraldi rec
tor ,oneMr .Ly l
eRol fson,wi ll
arriv
eatt hee ndoft hec onversat iont oc onv ey
igat
orsrec
eiv
e thebodyt ohi spar lor.Thei nv est igatorsmaybe
oneRes
olv
eeac
hforc
omple
tingthesce
ne. abletoe xami net hebodyi fsome onec anmakea
successf
ulOr at oryorChar m Ski llRol lv e rsusa
Challenging( 4)Di fficulty.Ifnoonei nt hepar t
y
hass uff
icientme dic alknowl edget oe xami net he
corpse,theymayc onv incethef une raldi re c
torto
transportthebodyt oac orone r'
sof f
i c
e .The
sameSki llsc anbeus edbutt heDi fficultyi s
increasedtoDe mandi ng(5).I tisonet hi ngt o
makeac urs or yexami nati
onoft hec orps e ,quite
anothert oas kt hemant odr ivehi mt oanot her
placeent i
rely .
Asucces
sfulChal
lenging(
4)Me
dic
ineSki
llRol
l
yi
eldst
hefoll
owingc l
ues:
SCENE7–THEPHOTOGRAPHER’
S Clue9:Thereisanunmis
takeabl
eodorwhe
n
STUDI
O compres
singtheches
tcav
ity.
..
Ifthei nv e
s tigator stakeas hor tc abr i
de ,they Le
ad1:ofdec
omposi
ngfl
esh.
canl ocatet hes tudi oofaMr .Ti mot hySmy the. Le
ad2:ofexce
edi
ngl
ypoorhyge
ine.
Hi sbus ines sisdoi ngqui tewe llthe s
eday s. Le
ad3:ofacyani
dec
ompound.(Tr
ue)
Pleas eexpl aint ot hepl aye rs( Nott he
inve sti
gator ss i
nc et heywoul dal readyknow SCENE8–CHARLOTTEMOORE
this.)thatMr .Smy thetake spi c t
ur esoft he
dec eased.Phot ogr aphywasane xpens i
v e Invest i
gatorss houl dfindi tdi f
fi
culttovis i
tthe
indul gencef ormos tpe ople .I nde ed,theonl y youngl adyinhe rc el
l.Itr equiresas uccessful
timemanype opl ewe r
ephot ogr aphe dwasupon Orator ySki l
lRol lagains taDe mandi ng( 5)
theirde ath.Thephot ographe rpos edt hede adin Diffi
c ulty.Onc eac ce
ssisgai ned,theLadyMoor e
alife-li
kemanne randt ookaf ewpi ct
ur es.The r
e willbei nl i
ttl
emoodt ot alk.Shet hankst he
we reaf ewt ricksoft hetrade .As ophisticat
e d investigatorsforl ookingi ntot hemat ter,buts ay
s
har nesswasus e dt ohol dthec or pseupr ight, simpl yt her
ei snone edt ot roublethems e l
ves.In
givingt heappe aranc ethe ywe rej uststanding hermi nd,shei sgui lt
y.Shedi dnotknowt he
bes i
deac hai r.Some time sthe ywoul dpai nteyes Profes sorhadal re adydie d.I fthepar t
yc angi ve
ont opoft hede ce ased'sey elidst ogivet he hers omer easont obe lie
v es ome onehadal ready
il
lus i
onofl ife.TheVi ctorianpr ac t
iceof kil
ledhe rempl oye r,shewi l
lbee ncourage d.She
willstatetheonl ype oples hebe li
ev e
st hatwoul d r emai ningmoni esdonat edtot hePr ofessor'sold
bec apableofmur de rar etheFi rs
tFoot manand c oll
egeasane ndowme nt.
theBut ler.Bot hhav et heme ansandoppor tunit
y,
possiblythes amemot ive.JohnPat rick,inhe r
mind,i sas hiftl
essne 'er-do-we l
lwhogothi sjob SCENE1 1-FI NALCONFRONTATI ON
becaus eofhismot her .Hei snottheki ndt owor k
foral ivi
ng,sot heol dman' smone ywaspr obably Theinv est
i gatorsmayar ri
veatt hiss ceneaf e w
justast emptingt ohi m asi twast ohe r.Thes ame dif
fere ntway s.Ifc onf rontedi nthehous ehold,
witht heoldbut ler.Mr .Staggl ovesthes tory John P a t
rick w i
llbe a ssist
ed by t
h ef ootme n.
aboutt her i
ch,lone lymanwhodi edandgav e Therei sonef ootmanf ore verytwoi nv est
igators,
everythingtohi sfaithfuls ervant.Hewi l
lbr i
ngit rounde dup.Anyot hers ervantswi llscatt
e r
.I f
upi nc onversationanyc hanc ehege ts. theinv estigatorsc atchupt ot hecr i
mi nalatt he
docks,anumbe rofdoc kwor kersjoint hefrac as.
Aftere ncouragingt heLadyMoor e,sheof f
e rsto The nu mb e r ofdoc k w orkersin t
h e fi
gh twillb e
tel
lhe rmot he rtoinc reasethe i
rpay me ntbyf i
ve t hesameasf ootme ni nt hehous ehol d.Whi chever
poundss houldt heys ucce e
di nr e
leasinghe .Add r
r ei
nfor ceme ntsthec ook'ssonhas ,treatthem as
thissum t otheamountl istedintheappr opr i
ate Nobbl e rrepr obates.JohnPat ric
ki sas crappe r
Endgame . andt hepar tywi l
lnotbeabl et oconv incehimt o
comequi et ly.Atl eas t
,notwi t
hwor ds..
.
Ifthec onf ront at iongoe sagai ns tJohnPat rick,he

wi l
lattemptt of lee .Mas termi nds ,t hisf light
shoul dtakepl ac ei fhalfofhi sfellowsar ede feated
and/ orhei sI nj ur ed.Hewi l
lnotgi vehi ms e l
fup,
eveni fSe rious lyWounde d.Hehasnode siret o
got opr isonbe caus eheknowshewoul dne v er
leaveit.Af ootpur suitwi llens ue .Eac hr oundhe
andt hei nv e stigat orswi l
lmakeanoppos ed
Endur anc eSki llRol l.I fthei nv estigator ss ucceed,
reduc ethenumbe rofy ardst hats e par atet he m:
oney ar df ore ac haddi ti
onals ucce ss.I ft he
mur de rers uc ce eds ,hes tar t
st opul lawayf rom the
party,agai noney ardpe rs uc cess.The
investigator ss hal lnomi nat eoneoft he irpar t
yt o
maket her oll.Theot her smayc ont r
ibut eonedi e
eacht ot henomi ne e .Thi sr epr esent st he ir
attempt st os l
owdownt he irquar ry( thr owi ng
objects,c allingt opas sers- byt o“ St opThatMan! ”,
SCENE1 0–ATTHESOLI CI TOR’ S andt hel ike ).JohnPat rickwi llge ta4- y ardl ead
OFFI CE ont hei nv estigat or s.I fhec ane xte ndt hel e adto
teny ards ,hemake sgoodhi se scape .Howe verthe
Anyi nqui r
iesatMi chaelCordon' sof f
icewillbe pu rs
u iten d s,p ro ce ed to th ea ppr op riate
me twi thhighs uspicion.Hewi l
lnotdi scl
os ethe Endgame .
conte ntsofthewi lltothei nv
e sti
gat orsandi s
off
e nde dshouldthe yinsis
tuponi t.Rai s
et he Exampl e:I nt hef irstroundt hei nv estigat or s
Thre atMe ter.Shoul dt hepar tytakeamor e nomi nat et heGe nt lemanWor ldAdv e nt ure rt o
Crimi nall
yAr ti
sti
cappr oacht ose ethewi l
l,they ma ke the S k i
ll R oll. He do es a nd g ets tw o
discov ert
hate achoft hes ervantswi llbepai d succes sest oJohnPat rick'sone .Thef our -yar d
one- year'
swage sfort he i
rservice.Hi shomei sto gap n arrow sto thr ee. T he n ex trou n d, th ou gh,the
bes old,withthepr oceedsoft hes al
eandt he kill
ergai nsf ours uc cesse st ot hei nv estigat or '
s
t
wo.Nowf
ivey
ardss
epar
atet
hem.
Masterminds,trytokeepthepac
eofthe
se
opposedSkillRollbr
isktohei
ghtent
hesens
e
ofurge
ncy .
APPENDI
X
Cas
tofChar
act
ers
Prof essorThadde usThor nt on–Thede ceased.

Secr etlyt hef at he rofJohnPat rickFi tzsimmons .
Char lotteMoor e–Theac cus ed.Shes oughtt okil
l
thePr ofes sorf orhi swe alt h.
TheBar one ssCy nthi aMoor e–Thei nv est
igators'
empl oy e randChar lott
e '
smot he r.
Erne stSt agg–TheBut ler.Bi tofamy sterybuff.
Ent hus ias ti
c allyai dst hei nv esti
gat ors .
Mol lyFi tz simmons–TheCook.Hadamome ntof
indisc retionwi tht hePr ofessor .
JohnPat r i
c kFi tzs i
mmons–TheFi r stFoot man.
Theac tualmur de re rofhi sfathe r,thePr ofessor
.
Wal lac ePos t–TheFoot man.Wor ksdi rectly
unde rJohnPat rick.
ChloeCuppe r–TheUps tairsMai d.Di s
cov ered
Char lottei nhe rmas t
er'sbe droom.
Timot hySmy the–ThePhot ographe r.Tookt he
post mor t em pi cture soft hede cease d.
LyleRol fs on–TheFune ralDi rector .Re adyt o
fulf
illhi sl astdut yt ot hede ceased.
Mi chae lCor don–ThePr of essor'sSol ici
tor.He
wille xec ut et hewi llatthee ndoft hec ase.
Dav isFal lowe s–TheBar ris
ter .Hopi ngt ofinda
wayt ode fendChar lotteinc our t.
Mas te
rmi nds :Manyoft heabovec harac terswi ll
nothav espec if
icSki ll
sandRanksas signe d.I fa
Skil
lRol lisne ede d,assumeRank3( Av erage )ina
Skil
lthatt hec har act
erwoul dr e
asonabl yhav eand
Rank2( Uns kille
d)i nany thi
nge ls
e .Sot he
characterwillber oll
inge i
therthreeort wodi c e,
dependingont hes i
tuation.Thee xc eptioni sthe
OratorySki l
l.Thati sRank3wi tht heSpe cial
t y
Lyingforanyoft hes er
v ants
.Se emse very onehas
some t
hingt ohi de .Thepar t
icul
arsf orthe
charactersli
ke lytoge tintoabr awlar easf oll
ows :
THE CASE OF THE
Mur
dera
tth
eMa
dag
asc
ar
By Jeff Grubb
OVERVI
EW cons te rnationaboutt hes udde nde athofoneof
theol dme mbe r
si nt heRe adingRoom.
YoungHor ace“ Whi cket”Whi t
bybr ingst oBake r C omma n der Seymo ur G r
igsb y( RET)wasoneof
Stre etas mallcas eofgr eatpe r
sonali mpor t.Hei s thef oundi ngme mbe rsoft hec lub,andwas
ame mbe ringoods t
andi ngoft heMadagas c ar wor kingoname moi rthatc ont ainedi nfor mat i
on
Club,whos ey ounge rme mbe rsarenot abl ef or emb a r rassing toth e other me mb ers.I tw a s
pinc hingpol i
ce man’she l
me tsandot he r commonknowl edget hathewaswor kingont he
tomf ool e r
y.Hehasgr abbe doneoft he me mo ir ,t
h ough n o ne c
a n fi
nd h isc op y of i
t.T he
afor eme nti
one dhe lme tsthi spastSat ur day, commande rwasf oundde adofpoi s oni ngi nhi s
celebr ate dhisac hieveme ntwi thhi smat e
satt he r egul arc hai r
.
clubt hate vening,andhadt hebadf or tunet o
inform hi sunc l
eofhi st riumphov erbr unc hon Thec ul pritofbot hc rime si sJame sRat che t,one
Sunday .Hi sunc l
e,Hor ac e'smai nf inanc i
al of t
h e s ervan t
s i
n the cl
u b.Hi sg ran dfa the r
suppor t,hast akenadi mv iewoft hepr ocee dings s erve dunde rGr i
gs byi nAf rica,andwasr aised
andt hr eatenedt ocutYoungHor aceof f–unl ess wi tht alesoft heol dman’ shor riblet reatme ntof
her et urnst hehe lme t.Thehe l
me thas ,howe ver
, bo t
h h isme nan d the na t
ives. He s
e ek s r
e venge
gonemi s si
ngi nthec elebr ation,andhe agains tGr igsbyandwi lluset heme moi rsasa
de spe ratelyne edstor ecov eri t
.Cant he toolt o b l
ac kma ilth eo t
h erc l
u b me mb ers .He
inve stigatorsaid? stolet hehe lme t
,hi dt hepoi sonwi thi ni t,and
sli
ppe dc yani des altsintoGr i
gs by ’
st ea.Hedi d
Thei nv esti
gations houldt aket hepl ay erst ot he no tco n sider thatWh ick e
t Wh i
tb yw o u l
d bringin
hallsoft heMadagas carCl ub,whe ret he reismuc hc ons ul tantsfort hee ar l
iers mal lthe ft,and
cons te rnationaboutt hes udde nde athofoneof
116 THE CASE OF THE MURDER AT THE MADAGASCAR
the
rebyputhi
mse
lfatr
iskf
ort
hel
arge
rcr
ime j
ac ketswi t
hami l
it
aryc ut.Grif
f on’swife,
ofmurder
. Nat al
ie,runst heKitchen,alongwi t
hhe rs i
ster
,
Mi l
dre d,whos eatt
ireismor ec asualbe cause
wome nar enotall
owe di nthefor wardar easof
THECRI
ME t
hec l
ub.Thee xce
ptiont othisist helaundress,
whogat herstheli
nensups t
airsf r
om t heprivate
TheMadagas carCl ubi slocatedonPal lMal l roomsf orcle
aningonWe dnesday s.
notfarfr om theDi oge nesCl ub.Itwasf orme d
in1861byf orme rme mbe rsBr i
ti
shFor eign Membe
rsandSt
affoft
heMadagas
car
Serviceas si
gne dtot hati sl
and,alongwi thBr it- Cl
ub
ishNav alOf f
icerswhohadbe enpos t
edi nt he
SouthI ndianOc ean( includingMaur etania)in
Thec lubi sdividedintot womai nfactions,
the1840sand50s .I tsnumbe rswanedwi ththe
andmos toft hec haractersdonotbe armuc h
deathsoft heol derme mbe r
s,butnew
de t
ail
.Theme mbe rsoft heOldGuar dar e
generationsofs onsandgr andsonshav e
elderl
y ,oftenc rot
che t
y,andc onservativ
ein
revit
alizedthec lub.Howe ver,t
heyhav eal so
theirout l
ook.TheMads ,ont heotherhand
creati
onas chism be twe entheolder,mor estaid
shouldi mme diatel
ys t
riketheobs erve
ras
me mbe rsoft hec l
ub( TheOl dGuar d)andt he
fl
ighty,pr eoccupied,andj ustalit
tledim.The
younge r,mor ee ner ge ti
cme mbers(who
Mas termindc anhav efunwi ththem,s olong
coll
ectivelycallthe ms elv
e stheMads ).The
astheydon’ tgetinthewayofot hermat ters
.
Madsr efertotheol de rme mbe rsasthe
“Fossil
s”,butnotwhe r etheOl dGuardc anhe ar
TheOl dGuardincl
udesanumbe rofret
ire
d
them.
offi
cers
,someofwhom s ervedinthat
capacit
yintheSouthIndianOc ean,whi
le
TheOl dGuar d( Se es idebarf orname s)pr e
f ers
otherswerepromotedlat
e r
.Allprefe
rtobe
tous et hec lubasapl acet oge tawayf r om i tall
refer
redtobythei
rtitl
e.
–t os itdown,r e ad,pe rhapspl ayagameof
che s
s ,hav eal i
ghtme al,andr e l
ax.The yt endt o
Commande rSeymourGr igsby(RET)–
collecti nthemor ningr oom f orbr eakfas t,then
recentl
yde ce
ased.
mi grateups tairstot hemapr oom andt hent o
SirAlbertHalli
way–For me rambassadort
o
thedr awi ngr oom i nt heaf t
ernoon.Al lthr ee
thecourtofQue enRanav alonaof
roomsar eline dwi t
hunr eadbooksanddot t ed
Madagas car
wi t
hwr i
ti
ngt ablesandov erstuffedchai rs.The
CaptainPe t
erFinch( RET)
Mads( Sees idebarf orname s
)ont heot he r
Commande rHor ati
oFl y
nn( RET)
hand,ar erowdi e r,andt endt omaket hebar ,
CaptainThomasWe ntworth( RET)
bill
iards ,andc ar dr oomsatt hebac koft hec lub
Commande rAlbertFoley( RET)
theirdomai n.Ac tivitiesoft heMadsi nc lude
SirJohnLe wis–Me mbe roft heFor
eign
dar t
s,dr inkingc ont es ts
,dar es,and,mos ttot he
Servic
e,Cur r
entr e
pr e
sentativeofUpper
pointoft hisdi scus sion,t hepi nc hi
ngof
Leeds.
policeme n’
she lme t
s .The ymakeas howoft hei
r
trophi esinadi spl ayc as eov ert hebar.
TheMads ,inturn,areknownt oeac
hot
her
primar il
ybyni c
kname s
.
TheCl ub’sstaf
fconsist
sofadoor man,
Hor ac e“Whi cket
”Whi t
by–Themanwi t
h
bartender,threemaleme mbe rsofthewai tst
aff
,
thes tolenhe l
me t
andt wof emalecooks.Thebar t
ender,Gr if
fon,
Sammual“ Sluggo”He nders
on
servedinMadagas carasas ergeantattachedto
Mat the w“Gas bo”Finrich
theFor ei
gnSe rvi
ce,andwhi l
ee nli
ste
dme nar e
Nor ris“Flincher”Saint-Wit
hers
notallowe dasme mbe r
s,hass eentoitthathis
Randal“ Handy ”Mor ris
on
staf
fhashads omec onnect
iont othese r
viceas
Albert“ Pinchbottom”or“ Pinc
hy”Wool
ey
we l
l.Allofthemales er
vantsaredr es
se dinred
Gregor yCi cero“Hall
y ”Halwell
THE CASE OF THE MURDER AT THE MADAGASCAR 117
whe retheot he rwai tersmi ghtdi scov erthe m.He
Thes t
affi
she
adedupbyOldGri
ff
on,who pinche dt hepol ice man’ she l
me tt hattheYoung
ser
vedmanyoftheOldGuardi
nMadagas
car Madswe rehandi ngar oundt hate v ening,hidt he
St
ation. poisonwi thini t,andputi tinwi t
ht heot he r
helme tsal re
adyondi splay .OnMondaymor ning,
Wi l
liam “Ol dGr i
ffon”Gr if
fon–Bar tender heputt hec yani des altsint hec ommande r
’st e
a,
andr unst hehous e hold reli
ev edhi m ofhi smanus cript,andputt he
Nat ali
e“ MrsGr iff
on”Gr i
ffon–Hi swi f
e, poisonbac ki npl acei nt hehe l
me t.Afterwar d,he
cook. hidt hemanus cr i
ptamongt heunr eadbooksi n
Mildr ed“Ot herMr s .Gr i
ffon”Statwe ll– themapr oom.Rat chetpl anne dt owai tabouta
Nat ali
e’soldersister. we ek,de termi net hatt hemanus criptcont ained
Just i
n“ Harding”Bat es–Hal l
-Por t
e rand suff
ic i
enti nfor mat ion,the nbl ac kmai ltheol de r
Door man.Thef irstHal l-Porterwasname d me mbe r soft hec lub,ort hos ede sc endant swho
Har ding,andt henames t
uc kforthe woul dbee mbar rass e
dbyt he i
rr eve l
ations.
position.
Robe rt“Bob”Pe nny wor th–Wai ter,blonde
- Thear r
ivaloft hei nvest
igator
satthec lubhas
haired changedhi si
nte ntionsdramatic
ally.Henow
BrianHal isey–Wai ter,red-haired. want st
obr azenouthi scrime,butalreadyplans
Jame s“Jimmy ”Rat che t–dar k-haired toescapewi t
ht hemanus cr
ipt.I
fhef eelst
he
Wai terandourc ulpr i
t. wallscl
os inginonhi m,hewi llf
leetothe
continent,ands e e
kt oblackmailhistarget
slong
Notethatmos tofthec lubknowOl dGrif
fon dist
ance .
andHar dingbyname ,buttherestar
ejust
servi
cestafft
hatwaf tthroughthehall
s,
fi
ll
ingdrinks,fe
tchingf ood,t
idyi
ngup,and
general
lystayi
ngoutoft heway.
ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND
Jame sRatc het’

sgrandfathe rserv
edasbot ha Thisisac as ewhe r
eas mal lmat t
erblossomsi nt
o
seamanunde rCommande rGr igs
by ’scommand alargerandmor eser
iousone .Theope ning
andlaterasanat t
achéf ortheFor eignSe r
vice sequenc e
ss houl dbepl ayedwi t
hamor el ight
-
Offi
ceinAnt ananarivoinMadagas car.Ratchet heartedappr oach.Whi tbyi saclownishf i
gure,
wasr ai
sedont al
esofGr i
gsby’styrannyamong eli
teandf r i
ght enedtode athofl osi
nghisunc le’
s
hisme nandt heinvolveme ntofbot hGr i
gsbyand patronage ,buthasagoodhe art
,andwi llbean
SirAlbertint hemistreatme ntofthenat i
v e
s.He all
y.Simi larl
y ,boththegr umpyOl dGuar dand
camet oLondont ofindpr oof.Hehadhe ardthat thege nerall
yus ele
ssMadsc anbeusedf or
OldGr if
fonhi redforme rSout hIndianhandsf or come dicpur pos es.
theclub,andappl iedtohi m.Rat che tandthe
otherservant shaveroomsi nthebac koftheclub, Ast hemur de rse ct
ionoft headv entureunfolds,
whileGriffon,hiswife,andhe rsi
sterhav easmall howe v e
r ,thetonebe come sdar ker.Fl
ippancy
housene arby . amongt heMadsandgr ousingaboutt heOld
Guar ds houl ddimi nishast hes eri
ousnessoft he
Ratchetdis c
ov eredt hatGr i
gs bywaswor ki
ngon sit
uationbe come sdire.Bothgr oupswi l
lremai n
hisme moi rs,whic hr e
v e
aledanumbe rof indignant ,ofc ourse,thatanyofTHEI R
scandalousinc identsinv ol
vingot herme mbe rsof particular fact
ion w ould be i
nvo l
ved.
theclub,bot hlivi
ngandde ad.Hes oughtt oge t
themanus criptfr
om Gr igs
by ,buttheol dman Theul timat ec ulprit
,ofc ourse,isoneofthe
wastoov igilant.Hedi dhowe v er
,disc
ov erthat servants ,buty ouc anke ept hem hiddenbyt he
Grigsbyhadnophy sic
als e
ns eoftaste,ands o factthatmos tpe oplec onsiderthemi nvis
ible.
procureds omec yanides al
tsonFr i
day .Hewas B e
d sa r
e mag i
c al
ly mad e byun seenhands,food
uncomf ortablehidi ngthes al
t sinhisquar t
ers, mi raculous l
yappe arswhe nde sire
d,andt hedi r
ty
dishesevapor
atewhe nnoones eemstobe 5.Rat
che
tenl
ist
sthehe
lpofs
omef
rie
nds
watching.Whent alkingabouttheservants
,use
passivevoi
ce(“Ar oastrabbi
tisbroughttothe 6.Ratchethal
f-burnst
her
emovedmanuscri
pt
table
”)anddon’tc alloutpar
ticul
arservants pagesinthefir
eplacei
nWhit
by’
sroom t
othrow
unlessaskedbythepl ayerst
hems el
ves.Then,of suspi
cionfull
yuponhim.
course,behonestwi thwhattheyobserve.
7.Rat
chett
ake
sthemanusc
riptandbl
ackmai
l
Somei nv e s
tigator smays niffattakings ucha moneyandesc
apes
.Proc
eedtotheEndgame.
smal lcas e,par ti
c ularlyi ftheyhav ehadpr ev i
ous
succ esses.Wat son,i fav ailable,woul dnot ethat Endgame–Shoul dRat che
tnotbec aught,he
therewe renos mal lcase s,onlys mall-mi nded fl
eest othec ontinentandpr ocee dst osends
policede tect
ive s,butt hepl ayersmaybe lett
erst otheot herme mber softheOl dGuard
unc onv inc e
d.I fs uchi st hec ase,theny ouc an blackmai li
ngt hem.Themor ecoge ntme mbe r
sof
simpl yle tthisones l
ide ,andus eitasa theOl dGuar dpullsomes tringst ohav ehim
frame wor kforal aterc as e,whe reOldGr if
fon, arrested,butt heinvesti
gatorshav ef ai
ledto
awar eoft hebl ackmai l
,e ngage sthe preventt histragedy,andthatt rage dyisknown.
investigat orstos topi t.Somer ewiri
ngwoul dbe Thei nve s
tigatorsloseonec i
rcleofSt atus,
require d,ast hec asewoul dbes omet womont hs regardlessofwhe t
herthepol iceman’ she l
met
cold,buti twoul ds erveasal e
ssont onott ur n wasr ecov e
r ed.
upone 'snos eatt hepot ent i
altohe l
p.
THETHREATMETER
TheThr eatMe t
e rs houldincreaseastheplayer
s
clos
ei nonRat c
he t .They oungmani snervous
asthene ttightens ,andhi splace
me ntwithin
theclubor ganizational lowshimt oknowt he
progressoft heinv e s
tigati
on.Unlessthe
invest
igatorschoos etoke eptheme mbe r
softhe
clubinthedar k,t he i
rpr ogres
sisregular
conversati
onamongbot htheMadsandt heOl d
Guard.
Thr
eatLe
vel
:
1.Theinv
esti
gat
orsoverhe
arclubme mber
s
quest
ioni
ngthei
rinvolv
eme nt
.Roll
ed1sonthe
Sherl
ockDienolongerhaveaneff
ect.
2.Rat
chetre
mov esseve
ralper
tinentpage
sfr
om
themanusc
ripti
nc as
ehene e
dst obolt
.
3.Ratchetus
esthepe r
tinentpagestobl
ackmai
l
SirJohnforsuf
fic
ientfundstoleaveEngl
and
withhisnewinformati
on.
4.Rat
chetremovesmorepagesf
rom t
he
manuscri
pt.Roll
ed1sand2sontheSher
loc
k
Dienolongerhaveaneff
ect
.
SCENE1-ANUNI
MPOSI
NGCLI
ENT
Rul
esoft
heCl
ub
Horace“ Wicke t”Whitbyar r
ive
satBake rStree
t
Allmen’scl
ubshav
er ul
esasre
gardi
ng i
ngr eatconsternationandi susheredi nt
ot he
me mbershi
pandacti
vit
ies
.Thesear
efai
rl
y i
nvestigator’
spr es
enc e
.Hei sas l
ende ryoung
ty
pical
: man,pr obablyi nhisearl
yt omid-twe nti
es.His
manne risne rvousanddis posi
ti
oni sthatofa
Allme mbersmus tbeingoods t
andingand st
artl
e drabbit,abouttobol t
.Hec l
aimst ohav ea
upt odateintheirdues
.(Asanuns poken smallmat te
rofgr eatpersonalimpor ttodiscuss
rule,thi
sli
mitsme mbershi
pt oMiddleClas
s i
nvolvingas tolenitem.
(Status3)andhigher.Alet
terof
recomme ndationisal
sorequire
d.) AShe
rloc
kMome
nt–
Me mbe r
shipisopentot hosewhohav e Havetheinvest
igatorsmakeObs e
rvat
ionRoll
sat
servedHe rMajest
yint heSouthIndian aChall
engingDiffi
culty.Asucc
essear
nsoneof
Stati
on,theMaur et
anias,andMadagas car
. thef
oll
owingobs ervat
ions,whi
chtheplaye
rs
(Thisli
mitsittomostl
ynav ype r
sonnel, mayusedur i
ngt hediscussi
ontoi
mpr es
sWhitby
me mbersoftheforei
gns ervi
ce,andtheir andeachother.
adjuncts
.)
Observat
ion1–Whi tbyisdress
edinagoodwool
Vis
itor
sarer e
stri
ctedtotheRe ce
pti
on sui
t,butthes l
eevesareali
ttl
ethreadbareand
Room.The ymaye ntertheDiningRoom worn.Hei snotamanwhohasal otofmone y,
andLibraryonlyi
fac c
ompani e
dbya t
houghhei sneatandtidyinhisappearance
.
membe r,whoisresponsibl
eforthei
r
act
ions. Observati
on2–Whi t
bydoe shaveapairofgold
cuff
li
nksinanold-f
ashionedst
yle,s
etwithsmall,
Wome nar enotallowe dbe yondt he deepbluesapphi
restoneswhichdonotmat c
h
Re c
e ptionRoom.( Thi smaypos ea therestofhi
ssui
t.(Thesewereagiftf
rom his
chall
e ngef orfemal einv esti
gator s.Whi l
e uncle)
.
wome nAREal l
owe di nthes ervants'area
downs t ai
r s(i
ncludingt heki tchenand Obs e
rvati
on3–Sapphi re
softhet
ypelist
edare
scull
e ry),onlythel aundr essre gularlyhas foundmos tl
yar oundtheIndi
anOcean–
accesst ot heuppe rfloor.Fe mal e Madagas c
ar,Ce yl
on,Burma,andAustr
ali
a.They
investigatorsseekingane xempt ionmay arealso,i
ncidental
ly,f
oundinMontana,int
he
attemptt obeallowe dac ce ssbys uc c
e e
ding UnitedState
s .
aChar m,Cus toms ,orOr atorySki llRollata
De mandi ng(5)Di f
ficultyLe vel.) Obs er
v ati
on4–Whi tbyisclean-shaven,butthe
shavei sunev e
n.Hes haveshims el
f,andprobably
TheHallPort
erisresponsi
blef
orke
epi
ng goestoabar bers
hoponc eawe ekatbe s
t.
vi
sit
orsconf
inedtotheRe c
epti
onRoom Furthe r,t
heune v
enne sss
ay sthathisbathroom
unti
lame mberrece
ivesthem. faceseas t
,andhef acesnor t
hwhe nhes haves
(theright-handpar tofhisfaceissmoot herthan
Thepri
vac
yofthemembe
rsi
stobe theleft,whichwoul dbei nshadow) .
re
spec
tedatal
lti
mes
.
Observ
ation5–Hehasac al
lousonhisri
ght
Me mber
sareres
ponsi
blef
oral
ldamage
s t
humbandmi ddl
efingerwhichindi
cat
eshe
donetothepr
emise
s. cur
rentl
ywor kswith,andholdsinhisri
ghthand,
apen.Possi
blyawr it
erorac l
erk.
TheI
nte
rvi
ew:
Wi cketWhi tbyisbot he xci

tedandapol ogeticin
hisappr oac h,ands oundsal mos tf
rantic.He
fr
ankl ye xpe ct
sthes cionsoftheGr eatDe tecti
ve
tohe arhi stale,solvethemy s
terythereint he
si
ttingr oom,ands e
ndhi m me r
ril
yonhi sway.
Whe nitde velopsthatt heymaywantt ov is
itthe
sceneoft hec r
ime ,hebe c
ome sveryexcitedin
partici
pat ingandl earningt hei
rme thodsof
detecti
on.
“Thanky ouf oragr eeingt ose emeons uc hs hort

notice .Iam atwi t’send,andIf e arIhav enoone
elsetot ur nt o.I tmays eem av e rymi normat ter,
butmye nt iref ut urer e stsiny ourc apabl ehands .
First,though,Imus tc onf essatt heout se t
,for
conf essioni sgoodf ort hes oul .Is tandbe fore
youac r
imi nal.” he lme tf orthwi t
h.Fai luretodos owoul dr es ultin
himi mme diatel
yr emov i
ngmyal l
owanc e,and
Hemaywai tf oramome nttol e tthats ettlein, woul dal sode stroy ingmyf ut ur e,asIam
andwi llgl adlybei nter ruptedt opr ovidef ur ther de pe ndingonhi sgoodwor df orapos tingasa
detailsasheknowst he m,butt hegi stofhi s vicar .”
prese ntat i
oni sasf ollows :
“It urne dmy s
e l
fi nonSunday ,s pentani ghti nthe
“Ont heaf t er
noonoft hi slastFr iday,I,Hor ac e jugf ormyhone s ty,andwasr e leasedt hismor ning
Whi tby ,di dwi thmal ic eandmi s chief afte rpay ingaf i
v erf ormys i
ns .Onl ythe ndi dI
aforethought ,pi nc hthehe l
me tofonec ons table di sc ove rthatt hehe lme tits
e lfhaddi sappe ar e d!
Euge neBar ns tabl ewhi letheof ficerwasonhi s Nooneatt hec l
ubr e me mbe rswhathappe ne dt o
appoi nte dr ounds .Hav ings ecur e dmypr i
z eand i t.Atf irstIt houghtoneoft heot herMadst ooki t
outrunt heaf or e me ntione dPe eler,Iandmy asapr ank,butal lhav eswor nt hatthe ydi dn’ tnick
compani onsr e tur ne dt oourc lubandpr ocee ded i t.Itc oul doneoft heFos s
ils,whowoul dde li
ghti n
toc elebrat ethev ictory ,muc ht ot he mys t
at e,butne it hert heynort hestaffhav es e e
n
cons ternat ionoft heol de rme mbe rs.Upon hidenorhai rofi t.”
awaki ngt hene xtmor ni ng,If oundt hehe lme t
mi ssi
ng,t ake nbype rsonsunknown. ” “If earIam atal oss.I fIdonotr ecov erthehe lmet,
myunc l
ewi l
lpul lhi ss ponsor shipandmyf ut ure
“Stil
l,If e l
tpos itivelybe ami sht hatmor ni ng,and wi l
lbei nt atters.Iwi llremainas tr
uggl ingc lerk
ass uchIwast ake nunawar ewhe nmyunc le, wor kingi nc omme rce.Cany ouhe l
pme ? ”
Aloy siusWhi tby ,hi tmeupont hemat t
e rat
Satur daydi nne rathi shous e .Uns uspe cting YoungHor aceismos the l
pfuli nf il
lingi nt hebi ts
whatwast oc ome ,Is pilledthepr overbialbe ans be foret her e
alque stioningbe gins,andwi lle xplai
n
almos ti mme diat ely,e xpe ct
e datwor stthatI thathi sc l
ubi sc alledt heMadagas carCl ub,andi s
woul dge tagr umpy ,“Ir e me mbe rdoi ngt hatasa l ocat edonPal lMal l
.
lad,”s ortofs pe ec h.”
“
Unfortunat
ely
,Iunderes
timatedmyunc le
’s RESOLVEAWARD:
r
esponse.Henotonl
ycasti
gatedmef ormy
c
rime,hedemandedIturnmy s
elfovert
othe AwardonepointofRes
olvetoe
achi
nve
sti
gat
orat
j
udgmentofthemagist
rate,andretur
nthe thec
onclus
ionofthi
sscene.
SCENE2–THEDEATH OFAFOSSI
L Followi ngHar ding,theI nvest
igatorse nte
ra
larger oom witht al
lf loor-t
oc eil
ingwi ndows
Uponar rivalattheMadagas c
ar,thedoor man, alongt wos ide
s .He av il
yuphol stere
dc hai
rsand
ther atheri mposingHar di
ng,admi tsthe smal ltablesdott her oom,andt herei salong
inv estigatorsandt akest he
irc oats.The yare tableal ongonewal lwi thcoffeeurnsand
as kedt os ignini nal argebookbyt hedoor way . war mingt rays.Smokehangsi nt her oom from
Gue stsareal l
owe di nthepubl icareasoft he cigars.Fourme n,looki ngc oncerned,ar e
club,l ocate dont hegr oundandf i
rstf l
oors.If gathe redaroundat abl ewhe reaf i
fthi sse
ated.
the rear ewome npr esent,thenHar dingwi llbe Onei st ryi
ngtoi nexpe rt
lychec kforapul se.The
apol oge ti
c,buti nfor mt hemt hatt hec l
ubdoe s fif
thme mbe risCommande rSe ymourGr i
gsby,
notal l
owwome nbe yondt heRe ceptionRoom, retir
e dandde finitelyde ceased.
andus uallyremai ni nthePar loror ,ifescorted,
theWai ti
ngRoom ( Areas1 -3ont hegr ound Anydoc torinthegr oupcanqui cklydeter
mi ne
floor ).Inv est
igator sofobv iouslylowe rc l
asses thatGr igsbyisde ad.Ani nit
ialdiagnosisisthat
wi llbei nforme dt hatthes ervants' entranceis ofcardiacar rest.Ifthereisnodoc torinthe
out sideandt other i
ghtast he yleavet he investi
gat iv
epar ty,thediagnosiswi l
lbepr ovi
ded
bui lding. onc eadoc t
orarr iv
e s.Gri
gsbydie dashehad
liv
edt hel astte
ny earsofhisli
fe–s i
tt
inginhi s
Whi tbyv olunte e
r sthathec anbr ingany favori
tec lub,att hede skhealway soccupied.A
me mbe rsoftheMadsouti fthatwi llhe l
p– half-e
at enme als it
ss etas
ide,ands houldnoone
othe r
wi semos tofhi sgroupwi llbef oundi nthe noticeit,wi l
lbec learedawaybyanot herwai t
er,
threer earmos troomsoft hefirstfloor( thebar, BobPe nny worth.
bil
liards,andc ardr ooms ,whichi sre all
yone
largev aultseparat e
dbyar ches).Whi tbyalso Cl
ue1
:Thebodys
lumpe
dint
hec
hai
r.
volunte erstogi veme mbe r
sat our,though
Har dingwi llnotet hatthiswillmos tlikely Lead1 :Thev ict
im wase lderlyands hows
disturbt heolde rme mbe rs
. symptomsofc ardiacar rest.
Lead2:Thev icti
m’ smout hs me l
lsofpe pperand
Dur ingt hedi s cus sion( bei taboutt herul esof almonds .(True)
thec lub,whe the rt he yshoul dme etthec lub Lead 3:T hevicti
m hasbe e nde adatleastsix
me mbe rs,ge tat ouroft hebui l
ding,orwhe thera hours.
femal ei nv estigat ors houl dbegr ant edac cess),
oneoft hewai t e
rs ,Br ianHal isey,eme rge sfrom Clue2:Thev ic
tim’sc l
othe s.(FalseClue )
themor ni ngr oom,i nas tat
eofagi tati
on.“ Mr .
Har ding, ”hes ays ,“It hinky ous houl ds ummon Le ad1 :Thes hoesar ebr oke nin,butthes olesar
e
adoc t or .Some t
hi nghashappe ne dt o rel
ativel
yunwor n.
Commande rGr igs by .
” Lead 2:T hevicti
m’ sclothe sarewe ll
-tail
ored,
thoughi nanol d-f
as hi
one dstyle.
Har dingwi llte l
lHal iseyt ofe tc
hol dGr i
ffon,and Le ad3:Thev icti
m hasat i
epinandar ing,both
headsi mme di atelyi ntot heMor ningRoom.The w i
thth ele
tterM on them (forMa daga s
c ar
).
invest igat or sar el efttof endf orthe ms el
v es,and
whilei ti sl ike lyt he ywi llfollowHar ding,t hose Clue3:Thehal f-
eatenbr eakfast.
thatf ollowHal i
se ywi llgot ot hebac koft he
buil
di ng,t ot hehous emanage r
’sof fi
ce,and Lead1 :Thedi shesdonotmat c
ht hoseont he
fet
chMr .Gr iffon.Hal iseywi l
lrepor tthatt he sideboard.
commande ris“ str icken”andt ople asecomeat Le ad2:Thee ggsar ehe av i
lype ppered.(True)
once .Gr iffont ell
st heboyt of etchadoc torand Lead 3:T hepor t
ions app ear t
oo sma l
l f
o rama n
come st ot heMor ni ngRoom hi ms e lf
.Theot her oft heCommande r'sstatur e.
servant s( inc ludingRat che t)mi l
lar oundt he
backhal latt hene ws .
Cl
ue4:Thee
mpt
yte
acup. madeav
ail
ableint
heCof
feeRoom.Di
nne
ris
s
erve
dateight
.
Lead1:Thecups me ll
ss t
ronglyofal monds .
(True) Anyoft heYounge rgr oup(TheMads )knows :
Lead2:Thet ealeavesinthec upappe arexoti
c.
Lead3:Thec uphasal ar
gec hipi nther i
m. TheMadsar eproudoft hei
rcolle
ctionofstolen
helmetsinthebari nal ockedcabine t
.Theyhav e
Clue5:Pen,blot
te r
,andi nkatt hede sk. a doze
n there,and Wh itby’
sw oul
d be t
he l
uc ky
thir
teenth.
Lead1:Severalpape rsarestrewnabout .
Lead2:The rearenoi nks t
ainsonGr i
gsby’s WhatSammual“ Sluggo”He ndersonknows :
fi
ngers.
Lead3:Thewor dLe wiscanj ustbemadeout TheFos sil
sarege nerall
ytooinerttomov e
i
nt heimpressi
onsont heblotter.(True) aroundont heirowns peed.Thes t
affbri
ngst hem
thei
rme alsasoppos edt oforci
ngthe mtobr ave
RESOLVEAWARD: themi l
li
ngmas s
esar oundt hebuffet.
AwardonepointofResol
vetoeach Mat
the
w“Gas
bo”Fi
nri
ch:
i
nve
sti
gatoratt
hec onc
lus
ionofthi
ssc
ene
.
Thewaitstaffi
ssuppos e
dt obeatt
hebeckand
cal
lofal
l,buttheblack-hair
edwait
er(hedoes
n’t
SCENE3–INTERVI
EWI
NGTHE remembert hename )spendsmoreti
mearound
MEMBERSANDTHESTAFF theOldGuar dthantheMads .
Thiss c
enehasi nvestigatorsquesti
oning Norri
s“Fli
ncher”Saint-Withers:
character
sus ingt heRul eofFour.Eachme mbe rof
theMadsc anhav eac oupl eofti
dbit
sof Therewasamaj orbende rthenightthatWhicke
t
inf
ormat i
on.Whe nus ingt heRuleofFour ,each broughtt
he l
atestgol
d e
n fl
e e
ce.Ev e
ryonewas
int
erv i
ews essionc anhav etheinves
tigatorsasking the
re,butbythee nditwasmos t
lythecore
uptof ourque stions.Ani ncre
asetotheThr e
at group– Wh i
cket
,S l
uggo, hi
ms el
f,Gasbo,Handy,
Me t
e rcanallowanot he rfourquesti
ons . andPinchy.OldGr i
ff
onwasr unningthebar.
Interviewsmaybec onduc tedint heMor ning Randal“ Handy ”Mor rison:

Room ( whichwi llbec learedoutofgr umbl i
ng
Fossils,whor etr
e attot heCoffeeRoom) .In Av oidt heoldFos si
ls,unlessyouwanttohe arold
addition,Ol dGr iffonc anmaket heRe adingRoom s toriesaboutt hehor ri
blepr i
vati
onsonthe
ortheme eti
ngr oomsont hesecondf loorav ai
l e Maur
abl etaniaStati
on.
forinterv i
ews ,andhav etheme mbe rssummone d
asre quired.Thes taffmaybei nt ervi
ewe de n Albe rt“Pinchbottom”or“ Pi
nchy”Wooley:
mas seoroneatat ime.TheOl dGuar dwi llbe
irr
itatedi ftheirmov eme ntsarelimitedor Thepr eviousl
ys t
olenhe l
me t
sareinalocked
rest
r ic
te d,whi l
etheMadswi llbeagi t
ated, glassc abinetoverthebar .Griff
onhastheke y,
particularlyifthebari snotope ne dwhilethe y bu titis hangi
n gatth eend ofthebarand
wait. eve r
yoneknowsabouti t.(Oddlyenough,noneof
theot he rMadspr esentknowaboutt heke y
.)
AnyMe
mbe
roft
heCl
ubKnows
:
Gr
egor
yCi
cer
o“Hal
ly”Hal
wel
l:
Breakf
astisser
vedint
heMor ningRoom unti
l
noon,butsomeme mbersli
ngeroveritunt
ilt
woin Halwellwasnotprese
ntwhe nthehel
me t
theaft
ernoon.Int
heaft
ernoon,acoldbuff
etis ce
lebr
a ti
onoccurre
d – hehadarr
ivedinthec
ity
t
hene xtmorning.Hecans t
atedef
ini
tel
ythat
noneofthosewhowe r
ethe
r eSat
urdaymorning Si
rJohnLe
wis
:
havel
efttheci
ty.Somewerenotconsc
iousunti
l
Sat
urdaynight
. BeforetheThr eatMe t
erre achesthethirdThr eat
,
SirJohni smostc oncer
ne daboutt hegoodnameof
AnyoftheOldergr
oup(TheFossi
ls)knows
: cl
u b,and i
n parti
cularthat not
h i
ng ofthe
ci
r c
ums tancesofCommande rGrigsby’
sde ath
Grigs
bywasalwayswr
iti
nginthatdamnablebook reachesFleetStreet
.Hepr eferstooffe
rthe or
iesof
ofhis
. naturalcauses(Grigsbywa sq ui
teold,you know )
.
Hisr e
sponsesc hangeaftertheThr eatMe t
e ri
s
SirAlbe
rtHall
iway
: increas
ed tothe t
h i
rdTh r
e at.
Gr i
gsbywasaf inemanandac r
edittohis Anyme mberoft hestaffc
anpr ovi
dethefoll
owing:
uni f
orm.Hehads e
rve dwellbothatseaand
attachedtotheForeignSe r
viceOffi
ce,untilhewas They oungergent l
eme ntendtocongregatei
nthe
finall
yrotatedtoot
he rduties
.Grigsbyand backo ft
h ecl
u bn earthebar.Theoldergent
lemen
SirAl be
rtspentmuc hoftheirti
mef oil
ingFr e
nch ar eintheMor ningRoom be forelunch,andthen
interest
sintheisl
andki ngdom.Si rAlbertwill moveups tair
stot heMapandDr awingRoomsi n
mour nhi spass
ing. theafter
n oon.
Capt
ainPe
terFi
nch(
RET)
: Abuf f
eti ss etupi nt heCof feeRoom ont hefirs
t
fl
oorf orbr e akfast.Mos toft heol derme mbe rshave
Mos toftheor iginalme mbe rswe reatthe staffbringt he mt he irbreakf astsint heMor ning
Maur etaniaSt ation,thoughnonehads e
rvedt ours Ro om.
inMadagas carits elf
.Que enRanav al
ona’slate
hus bandwasf riendlyt otheBr it
ish,butshet ook I naddi tiont os e
rv i
ngt heme mbe rs,thestaf
fis
overandwasant i-f
oreigner. respons iblef orke epingtheot he rcommonr ooms
clean.The yc leant heMapRoom,Dr awingRoom,
Commande rHor atioFlynn( RET) : an d Bar i
n t he mo rnings (w hileth eolderme mbe r
s
aredowns t
ai rsandt hey ounge rme mbe rsare
Grigs bywasc ons ideredahe l
lionbac kintheday . rec overing from t
h ep rev
io us eve ning),andthe
Hewashar donhi sc rewandbr utalagai
nstany Libr ary,Cof feeRoom,Di ningRoom andMor ni
ng
nativ eswhos toodbe tweenhi m andhi sgoals.He Room i nt heaf ternoon.
wase ventuallyr otatedoutt ot heIndians t
ation,
whe r ehewasl ittlebe t
terli
ke d. Mr .Gr iff
ondi ds erveint heI ndi anOc ean,unde r
manyoft heme mbe rsoft hec lub.Hehasal ways
Capt ainThomasWe ntwor t
h( RET) : spoke nwe llofhi m.Whi lee nlist
e dme narenot
allowe dasme mbe rs
,hedoe shi ref r
om fami l
ies
We nt wor t
hhads er v
edunde rGr i
gsbybr i
eflyinthe w ho hav e had me n s
e r
ving in tha tarea.
IndianOc ean,andf oundhi m hars hbutfair.He
hadame mor ylikeas tee
ltrap,though,andne ver RESOLVEAWARD:
forgotas l
ight.
Awar donepoi ntofRe solv etoe ac hinvesti
gatorat
Commande rAl be rtFoley(RET) : the conc l
u sion of thi
s scen e.
NoneoftheMadChildre
n( hisphr
asefort
he
Mads)wereintheMorningRoom thatmorning.It
wasonlythet
ruemembe rsofthecl
ubpresent,the
oneswhohadac t
ual
lyse
r v
ed.Andthewaiters,of
cours
e.
Cl
ue7:Rat
che
tne
edsmone
yqui
ckl
y.
Lead1:Ratc
hetisplanningtoleavet
hec ountr
yif
hemus t
.(True
)
Lead2:Ratchethasgott
e nayoungladyin
tr
ouble.
Lead3:Ratchethasanabundanc eofgambling
debt
s.
Cl
ue8:Rat c
hetdi
sappe
are
ddur
ingt
he
i
nves
tigat
ion.
Lead1 :Hewasr unninganerr

andonbe halfof
SirJohn.(True)
Lead2:Hewasne ededtor
unane r
randf orthe
kit
chen.
Lead3:Hehadnotl eftt
hehouse
,butwas
SCENE4–SI
RJOHN fe
tchingthingsf
orame mberups
tai
rs.
Withthet hir
dincreaseoftheThreatMete
r,Si
r Clue9:SirJohnhadani
nappropri
ate
Johnfindshims el
fbe i
ngblackmaile
dby re
lati
onshipwithRat
che
t'smothe
r(Fals
eCl
ue)
Ratchet.Hewi l
lappearabi tner
vousin
conver
s ati
on,andispr eoc
cupiedwitht
hought
s Lead1:SirJohntreatedRatchetli
kehisowns on.
ofthei
nf ormati
ont hatRatchethasove
rhim. Lead2:SirJohnr e
fusedtoadmi tthe
re
lati
onshiptoRatchet.
Ratchethasnoti de nt i
fi
edhi msel
fasthe Lead3:Ratchetwitnessedoneoftheme et
ings
blackmailer.Hei nsteadc reat
edas mallpac kage withRatchet
’sMo t
h er
consist
ingofs everalpage softhemanus cript
andabl ackmai lnote ,whichhethe ndeli
v e
r edto RESOLVEAWARD:
SirJohn,wi ththes torythatamanc amet ot he
backdoorwi ththistobede li
ver
edt ohim. Awardonepoi ntofRe s
olvetoeachinves
tigat
or
Ratchetofferstos erveast hemiddle-man, attheconcl
usionof t
hisscene.
cashingalar gecheckonSi rJohn’sbehalftopay
offtheblackmai l
e r
.
SCENE5–FOLLOWI
NGUPTHELEADS
Ofc ourse,Ratchetistheblackmai l
er,andke eps
themone yforhims el
f.Hisplani stowaitforthe TheBar /
Tr ophyRoom:
heatt odiedownandt henqui etl
yputt hetouch
ont heotherme mbe r
softhec lub,agai
ns ervng Thebari
i sal ongonewal loft heroom,wi thadoor
asthego- between. toGr i
ffon’sOf f
ice.Behindthebar ,ov erthe
mirror,isawood- framedglas scabinetdisplayi
ng
Clue6:Rat chetknowsde t
ailsofSirJohn's thestolenhe lme ts
.Thec abinetislocked,butt he
acti
v i
tie
s. keyishangi ngf rom ape gnextt othedoort o
Griff
on’sOf fice.
Lead1 :Gr i
gsbytookRat chetintohis
confidence. Aqui ckc ountindicatesthattherear ethirt
ee n
Lead2:Rat che
tre adGr i
gsby'sManus cri
pt. helme t
st here,notthedoz ent hatshouldbe
(True) present.Thes tolenhe l
me twashi dde ninplain
Lead3:Rat che
tof te
ne avesdroppedon sightby R at
c hetthi
s morning .Patt
e r
n sofdu st
Grigsby'sconversati
ons.
showt hatt hehe lme tshadbe e nmov edt omake TheMapRoom:
room fort hene wc ome r.Whi tby’
she lme tc ontains
thee mptyv i
alt hathe ldt hec yanides al
ts .Thev ial Grigsby’smanus cri
ptishe re,tuc kedonas helf
stil
lsme ll
sf aintlyofal monds . betwe e
nas etofl ar
genaut icalmapsoft heSouth
Indianoc ean.Thei nv
e s
tigator smaydi scoverit
Que sti
oningRat che t
: eit
he rbyt rackingRatchet’smov ements
,orwhe n
Ratchetat tempt stomakes omes ortofadeal.
Whe nque stione d,Rat che twilltakeont he Doingaf ullsearchofthebui ldi ngaft
erRatchet
de meanorofaf rightene ds ervantunawar ethathe hasbe enf oundoutmayal s ot urnupt he
hasdoneany thingwr ong.Hewi lladmi tto manus cript.
what evermi nors inshei sac cus edofwi than,“ I
f
yous ayso,s ir.”Hede s
c r
ibest hes uppos e d RESOLVEAWARD:
blackmai l
e rasanas ty-
looki ng,bi gsortwi tha Awar de achi nvesti
gat
orwi tht wopointsof
blinde y
e( thede scripti
onmat che snooneatt he Resolveonc etheyhavec onc lude dfol
lowingup
club).Hewi lladmi tthathec ashe dabankc heck ont heleads .
forSirJohn.Hedoe sn’
tknowwhatwasi nt he
me ssagetoSi rJohn–i tisnothi splacet owonde r
.
Rat che twasi nt heMor ni ngRoom s ervingt he

olde rge ntle me n,butdoe snotr e me mbe ri fhe SCENE6–THEFI NAL
serv edGr igsbyornot .Ot he rthant hat,hi sduties CONFRONTATI ON
we ret oc l
e anupt heBar ,anddus tt
heLi brary,
Dr awi ngRoom andMapRoom. Onc et hei nves ti
gat orshav eac c
us edRat che tof
mur de r,hewi llfleet hec lubass oonaspos sible,
IftheThr e atMe teri si nc reasedt othes ixt h andbyt hef i
nalThr eatinanye ve nt.Hewi ll
Thr eat ,Rat che twi l
laddt hathewasupont he remai nr esolut et hr ought heque sti
onsoft he
four thf loor ,ne arWhi tby ’sroom,andwas manus criptort hepol icehe lmet.
sur prise dt hati twaswar m -t hey oungge ntleman
hadl itaf ir einhi she arth. Thei nv estigator sc anc has eRat chetoutt hebac k
andc onfronthi mi nt heal l
eybe hindt hec lub.I f
Whi tby ’
sRoom: theThr eatMe terhasr eache dthef ourthThr eat,
Ratche thasal readye nli
stedt hes upportofs ome
Shoul dt hei nve sti
gat or sc hoos et ocheckout fri
ends .The sewi llbeNobbl e
rsorBl udgersbas e
d
Whi tby ’
sr oom att hes i
xt hThr eatoraf ter,they ont henumbe rofi nv es
tigators(us uall
yanumbe r
willfindt hatt hef ireplac ehasbe enus ed,and ofrepr obat ese qualt ohal fthenumbe rof
ther ear es everalpage sfr om themanus c ri
pti n inves ti
gator srounde dup) .
ther e.I tisappar entt hatt herear enote nough
ashe sf ort hee ntiremanus cri
ptt ohav ebe en Shoul dRat chete scapewi ththemanus cri
pt ,he
bur nt .Ift hei nv estigator sl eaveRat che taloneat wi llhe adf orthepor tofCal ais
,makef orAnt we r
p,
thispoi nt ,hewi llretrie vet hemanus cri
pt ,takethe andc onduc thi sbl ac kmai llong-distance.Hec an
mone yf rom Si rJohn,andl ightout . bet racke ddown( andi nde edSi rJohnwi llmake
useofhi sc onne c ti
onst os eetoit,onc eitbe come s
Ser vant ’sQuar ters/Rat c he t
’sRoom: cle
arhehadbe ende ceivedbyawai t
e r
),butt he
inves ti
gator swi llhav efail
edi nt heir
Inv est i
gat ingRat che t'sr oom y i
eldsas tas hof inves ti
gation.
mone yi nadr awe r.Themone yismor et han
some oneofRat chet'ss oc ialstations houl dhav e
lyi
ngabout .Thi smays uppor tthebl ackmai lofSir
John.
THE CASE OF THE
Mur
dero
fCr
ows
By Jeff Siadek
OVERVI
EW
“thisawf ule ngage me nt.”LadyNat alieisfine
withge tt
inge ngage dt oJame s,t hes onofLor d
YoungLadyNat ali
eWi lkins oni st ohav ean
Fairfax;s heonl ys awWe sleyasabr ot her-type.A
engage me ntpar tyt hisSundayt oc elebrateher
lady'smai dout sidet hedoort houghts hehe ard
be t
rothalt othes onofLor dFai rfax.A
voices,andwe ntt oge tt hebut le r.We sl
ey,not
disappe aranceofoneoft hes e
rv ant satt he
want ingt oge tcaught ,andapr ofi ci
e ntc li
mbe r,
manorhasr aisedc onc e rns .Lor dWi l
kins on
we ntoutt hewi ndowands campe re dupt ot he
want sthei nvestigator st oe ns uret hereisno
rooft owai tunt ilthec oas twasc l
e ar.Whe nt he
troublet hatwoul de ndange raf or tuit
ous
butleri nve s
tigated,hec l
os edt heope nwi ndow.
engage me nt.Hehasgi vent hems pecifi
c
LadyNat ali
ewast oodi straughtt or e ali
zet hat
instructionsthatt hepar tymus tgoof fwi t
houta
We sleyhadc l
imbe dupr athert handown.Af te
r
hitch.Nohi ntofs candalc anbet olerated.
thebut lerl ef
t,shet hre wWe sley '
sc oatoutt he
window,whe reitlande dont opoft hewe l
l.
THECRI ME We sleywai tedont her oofi nt hec oldanddi edof
expos ur e
.Shet houghthehadc l
imbe ddownand
Yesterday,We sl
e ythe1 7-ye ar -olds table-boy runof f.Thec rowshav ebe enpi ckingatWe sley'
s
gathereduphi sbe longi ngs .Hepac ke dthe m corps e.Thati swhyt he yhav ec ongr egat ed
ontoahor seatt hes table ,the nt rekke donf oot aroundt hec orne roft hehous ene arLady
throught hes nowt ot hemanor .Het henc limbed N atali
e '
s w i
n dow .If the d ead bo dy isnotf ound
thetrelli
st oNat ali
e '
swi ndowandbe gge dhe rto beforet hepar t
yonSunday ,thel as toft het haw
runof fwithhi mi ns t
e adofgoi ngt hr oughwi t
h willallowhi sfrozen,c row- pecke dc or psetos li
de
134 THE CASE OF THE MURDER OF CROWS
offt
heroofandintothepunchbowlatthe propermembersofVic
tori
ansoc
iety(
wehav
e
engage
me ntpar
ty.Thisofcour
se,woul
druin incl
udedali
stofeve
ntslat
eri
nthisse
cti
ont
hat
thepart
y. canbeinc
orporat
ed).
ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND PARTYEVENTS
Thereisnotanac t
ualv il
lainhe re,butt herear e Hereares
omeoft
heevent
sthatLadyWi
lki
nson
seri
ousmat ter
st oaddr ess.Itistool atefory oung haspl
annedf
ort
hefe
sti
vit
ies
.
We sl
ey,butNat ali
e'sl i
fewi llbefullofwoei fher
engageme ntpartyiswr ecke dbyani cyc adav ert
o
T h e B a ll
THEBALL-Af ormaldanc ewi l

lbeheld
thepunc hbowl .Thisadv entur eismor eabout Saturdayni ght.For maldanc ingi nvol
ves
i
nv est
igationwi ths ocialgrac esthanonl ys ol
ving compl i
cat edstepsandmov esthatonemus t
thecase.Thei nv estigatorsar eexpe ctedt o pe r
form wi thpre ci
sion.Tope rformt hesedanc es
conductt hems elvesast rueVi ctorians.Spe ci
fi
c we l
l,anAr tist
rySki llRollagainstaChal l
e nging
i
ns t
ructionsar egive nnott odoany t
hingt hat (4)Di f
fi
c ult
yisr equi r
ed.TheDanc eSpe cial
ty
couldjeopar di
zet hisuni onandt hepar ty. woul dbet reme ndous lyhelpful.Ifnosucce ss
e s
arerolled,thedanc ehasbe enbr oughttoa
Jus taboute ve r
y bodyi sdi st
r us t
fuloft he standsti
ll.Raiset heSoc i
alThr eatMe terifthis
out side rs.Whi l
eLor dWi l
kins onne edst he occurs(se etheThr e atMe t
eronpageXXX) .
inve stigators ,her e allydoe s
n’ twantt he m pr ying
intohi sfami lyaf fairs;par t
icul arlyt hef acthei s ASONNETCONTEST-Se v e
r aloft heladi esin
losingmone yandne edst oge thist hr e e attendanc ehav ear range df oras onne tcont est.
daught er s(hehasnos ons )mar riedof f.Lady Eachc onte stanti stoputf or t
ht he i
rbe stlove
Wi lkins oni ss oabs or bedi nhos tingdut iesthat poe m.Thos et hats uc ceedwi thanAr tis
trySki ll
shewi llbet ot all
ydi straughti fany thi ngdi sturbs Rol lagai ns taChal le nging( 4)Di ffi
cultymayf ind
he rpl anni ngandar ranging.Thegar de ne rand thems el
v esthet arge tofaf f
e ctionf rom oneoft he
hisboyar et heonl yone swi llingt oe xpr e s
s gues tsandasar esul t,gainaSt atusCi rcle.For
the ms e l
v esphy s i
cal ly,andt he yre allydonotc aret her ole-play ert hatac t
uallyt aket imet o
fort hei nv estigator s.Mor time r( thef ami l
ybut le
r c ompos eandr e adas onne t,giv ethe m athr ee
oft hegr oom t obe )isnotabadman,buti fhe diceadv antaget othe i
rr oll
.Thos et hatrollno
getss us pic i
ous ,hewi llputi nawor dandt he succ esseswi lll os ethr eeSt atusCi rcle
s.Av ery
engage me ntwi llbec anc eled.Tr yt oke ept he politebutunde r whe lmi ngappl aus eisgive nt o
char ac tersof foft her oof.Mor time rwi l
lbe them.
prowl ingar oundwat chingf ort r
oubl e ,and
Wi lli
amswi lladmoni shthei nv estigat or sthat MUSI CFESTI VI TI ES-Onl ype opleofknown
“the rei snoe arthlyr easont ogoupt he re .
”Al s
o t al
e ntar einv ite dt opar tic
ipat e.Si nceev eryone
war nt hemt hati tisaf ormi dabl edr opandt hey hass omes ki llonl yt hos ewi thanExc ellent( 5)
facegr avec ons eque nc esifthe yf allf rom as lushy, SkillRankorbe tteri nAr t
istrywi l
lbes ingledout
snowyr ooft ot hegr av elfortyf eetbe low( uset he f orthe irtalent s .AMus i
corSi ngi ngSpe cialtyis
standar dr ule sforf allingonahar ds ur face )
. alsor equire d.Par ticipant sint hef est
ivit
ieswi ll
gai
nthr
eeSt
atusCi
rcl
es.
Mor time rwillbepr owli
ngar oundwat chingfor
trouble,andThe reareagoodnumbe rof AHUNT-Wi nningt heQuailhuntrequir
e saDe-
investi
gat i
ons cenesinthisstory.Br eakingthese manding(5)Hunt ingSkillRol
l.Ifan
upt oav oidgoingt hroughInv es
tigationSc ene i
nvest
igat
orwi nsgiv ethemtwos tat
uscir
c l
es.I
f
afterInv es
tigati
onSc eneisac c
ept able. morethanonei nves t
igat
orsucce
e dstheroll
,
Re me mbe rthatthisisane ngageme ntpartyand t
heyallgetoneSt atusCircl
e.
theinv esti
gatorsareunde rthegui seofr egular
gues t
s.The ywi l
lbee xpect
e dtopar tici
patelike
THE CASE OF THE MURDER OF CROWS 135
VI
TCORI
ANPAROLRGAMES
Herear esomeclas
sicVic
tori
anpartygamesthat
canbei ncl
udedinthefes
tivi
ti
es.Mast
ermindsare
encouragedtoawardplayer
swithabitofResol
ve
f
orr ol
eplayi
ngtheacti
vit
ies.
POORPUSSY-Gue st
sl i
netheparlor,andoneof
thethrongisnomi nat
e dtobethepus sy.That“cat
”
mus tgoov ertotheot
he rguest
sandme ow.The
guestisrequiredtopettheheadoft hecatandsay
threeti
me s,“poorpussy”wit
houtlaughi ng.The
fi
rstguesttolaughbecome sthenewc at.
PASSTHESLI PPER-Onepl ay eri schos e nt obe

“it.
”Theot he rpl ay ersf or m ac irclear oundt hat
play erandc hoos eanobj ectt ous east he“ slippe r.”
Thepl ay eri nt hec e nte roft hec irclec los est he i
r
eyeswhi l
et he“ slippe r”i spas se dar oundand STORYTELLI NG–Se v eraloft hes er
v ant ste ll
hidde nbe hindt hebac kofoneoft heot he rpl ay er
s. their be stg ho st stor i
es . An inv est
ig at
o r th atjoins
Thepe rs oni nt hemi ddl eope nst heire y esand inwi thoneoft he i
rowngai nsf riendsand
attempt st ogue sswhohast hes lippe r.I ft he y con ne cti
o n sa mo n g t
h e serv i
n g staffthatc oul dbe
gue ssc orr ec tly,t hepe rsonhol di ngt hes lippe r usefuli nf ut ureadv ent ure s.Te l
lingt hebe s
ts tory
be come st hec e nte rpl ay erandt hegamebe gi ns isnoti mpor tant ;jus tt ell
ingas c
ar ystor yi s
agai n.I ft he ygue s si ncor rec tl
y,t he yc los et he ir en oug h. An inve stigat or tha tp ar
tic i
pa tes in the
eyesandt hes lippe ri spas se dagai n. storyte ll
ingl e arnst hrought he i
rne wc onne ctions
thatNat alie ’
sr oom i sl ocat edi nthenor t hwe s t
THEBALLOFWOOL-Thepl ay e r
sar eal ls eated c orne roft hemanorhous e.
aroundat abl e .As mal lpi eceofwooli sr olle dup
intoabal l(ins omec as esaf eathe ri sus e d)and OnSundaymor ninge ve ryonewi llbee xpe ctedt o
plac edi nt hec ent e roft het able .Att hes t artoft he got oc hur c h.The rear eonl ytwoopt i
onsf ort he
game ,t hepl ay ersal lbe ginbl owi ngatt heobj e ct inves t
ig ator s.T h e f
irs tis that the inves ti
g ator sgo
wi t
ht hei nt ent ionofpus hingi tawayandof foft he t oc hur ch.Thei nv e sti
gat or sloset imeandt hus
oppos itet abl ee dge .Thepl ay erwhos et abl ee dge i ncreas et heSt andar dThr eatMe ter,butgai nt wo
theobj e cti sf or ce dov e r,los esther oundandmus t Statu sc ircles. T he sec on d isth atth e
sitoutt hene xt. inves t
igat or ss taybe hindt oi nves ti
gateandr aise
theSoc ialThr eatMe te rast hegue st
s,s taff,and
Ac har ac tert hati soft hepoorors ervantc las ss t
il f
l ami ly,doe sn’tt rus tanungodl ybunc hatt he ir
hast heoppor tuni tyt opar t
ic i
pat ei ne v ent s .The event .Inaddi tion,any onenotgoi ngt oc hur ch
inve stigat orf indshi ms elfe scort edt oas mal l,rude loses tw o St atus ci
rc l
e s. See th eTh reat Me ter
struc tur eont hegr oundst hathous est hes e rv ants. sectionf ormor ei nfor mat ion.
Itss li
ght lyr un- downappe aranc eont heout side
be l
ie st hegr e atde alofe ffortmadet ogi vet he Finally ,don’ tf or gett hatt hegar de nerandhi s
inter i
orahome yf e el.Thes taffme mbe r she r e boyar ej usti tchi ngf oraf ight .Thi sadv ent ure
regar dt hei nt erlope rswar ily. lacks ph y si
c al alterc ati
o n s,so ifyo ur
inves t
igat iont eam i sc r avingagoodf i
ght ,letthe
GAMBLI NG–Someoft hes erv ings taf fiss tay i
ng gard en er an d h is boy v en tthe irfrustratio ns o n
upl at ebe ttingonhandsofWhi st.Thos et hatc an t hepar ty.Us eBl udge rs t
atsf orthe m.I tis
makeaSt r ee tSmar ts(Gambl ing)r ollata poss i
bl et hatt he yhav eaf e woft hemanorhands
Chal lengi ng( 4)Di fficul t
yLe ve lmanaget owi na w i
th th em to ma ke the figh tev en mor e
whol emont h’ swage s. interes ti
ng.
THETHREATMETER
Thisadv entureisuniquei nthatitus est wo

Thr eatMe ter
s.Thefir stThreatMe teri sthe
standar dindi c
atorofhowwe llt
he
i
nv estigatorsarefaring,andc onc ernsi t
self
wi t
ht hele ngthoftimeunt i
lthec orpsedr ops.
Wehav eincludedanappr oximatet ime ,the
condi t
ionoft hebody ,andade s
criptionof
whati shappe ningtot heinvesti
gator s.Us e
whi cheveri sappropriatetotheThr eatMe t
er
i
nc rease .
Thes
ec ondistheSoci
alThr e
atMe t
er;i
tisa
meas
ur ementofhowthec asegoesagai
nstt
he
i
nves
tigator
siftheybegi
nt odis
turbthepar
ty.
Keepinmi ndthatt heinv

esti
gatorshav ea
st
rictt
ime -
li
net hattheymustadhe reto.No
matterhowmanyThr e
atMe t
e ri
nc r
ease st
her
e
are
,ifthebodyhasnotbe enf
oundbe f
or et
he
endofthepar t
yonSundayni ght,Endgame
ThreatIistri
ggered.
THESTANDARDTHREATMETER
Us et heStandar
dThr eatMe t
erwhenevert
he
char acte
rsinvest
igat
eas ceneorNPC.The
standar drulesf
orInvesti
gati
onScenesandthe
Rul eofFourappl y.
1.Sundaymor ning.Thebodyisbegi
nningto
thaw.Lettheplayersknowthatsomethi
ngis
beginni
ngt ohappen.Ifiti
sseentoi
ts
conclus
ion,itwil
lspellt
hedoom ofthepar
ty.
2.Sundaymi d-day.Thebodythaws.Explai
n
thatthest
ressoftheinvesti
gat
ioni
sbe gi
nning
totakeit
stoll
.Allinves
tigat
orsmustgiveupa
pointofResolv
e .
3.Sundayaf t
ernoon.Thebodys li
desslightl
y
totherooftopedge .Theinves
tigatorsbeginto
fee
lune asywiththec as
e.Allinvesti
gators
mus tgi
v eupapoi ntofRe s
olve.
4.Sundayeve
ning.Thebodys l
ideseven
furt
hertot
herooftopedge
.Thet ensi
on
conti
nuest
obuild.Alli
nvest
igator
smus tgi
ve
upapointofResolve
.
fur
the r
.Hethrowsthem out
.Eachinves
tigator ne arthewe l
l.Techni
cal
ly,i
tisspri
ng,butalate
l
ose saRankofStatusandearnsnoExperience wi nte
rs t
orm hasmadeonel astheroi
ceff
ortto
Pointsfort
headventure. frostthegr oundsi nt
hepastcoupleofdays.
Luc ki
ly ,ithaswar me
dupr apidl
ytoday,anditis
l
ike l
ywar me noughfortheengagementeventto
SCENE1
:THEI
NTRODUCTI
ON takepl aceout si
detomorrow.”
Dr.Wat
sonshar
esthef
oll
owi
ngi
nvi
tat
ionwi
th Thec ar riagear rivesatEnds gatel at ei ntheday
t
heinve
sti
gat
ors. onSat ur day .Thei nves t
igator sar et obeme tby
theWi lkins on'sbut l
e r,Wi ll
iams ,ast heye xitthe
Mygoodman, carriage .Wi ll
iamsi sinabut l
e r'
spr ime .Hi s
de me anorhi nt sats omedi s pleasur ei nt hee arly
Iam de light edt oe xte ndani nv itationt oy ouf or arrival,buthewi l
lgr eetthei nv estigat orswi tha
thee v entoft hes e as onont hi sSunday ,fourday s s mi ler e gar dless .Mor es taffcanbes eenbe i
ng
he nceatEnds gat e.Unf ort
unat ely,some oneon ha sti
ly a s semb l
e d as t
h e carri
a ge a pp roac hes.
staffmi s laidt heor iginalgue stlis tandy oumus t Thei nv e stigator smaynot i
c eal ady 'smai d,two
acc eptmyapol ogyf ort het ardi ne ssoft his footme n , an d some one else wh o lo ok slike a
inv i
tat i
onbyal l
owi ngust ohav ey ouast hef irstto butler ,butdoe snotut terawor ddur ingt hes cene
arrive .Ify ours che dul ecannotber easonabl y (thisisMor time r )
.
rear range dons uc hs hortnot ic e,pl easedos e nda
par tyofr epre sentat iv eswhoc ane xactthe irt oll “Goodday ,Sir.I 'm afraidwewe r en' texpe cti
ng
onmyhos pitality.I twoul dbemos te ntert aini ngif visit
o rs ye tas th eeve nt i
sn '
t un t
il to mo rrow .”
the ys har ey ourf ondne ssformy st eri
esand Wi ll
iamst akest hei nv it
ationandr eadsi t.“Of
discre ti
on.I twoul dbegr eatlyappr eciatedi fy ou cour se,t hi sishi sLor dship'ss pe ciali nv i
tati
on.
arriveass oonasc anber e
as onabl yhope dast here We ca n '
t h a vey ou pe ri
sh i
n g i
n th is co l
d air.
arepr epar ationst obemadef ort hee vent .Wear e Johns onwi llshowy out othepar lor,andwe 'l
l
maki ngar range me nt sfory our se lfandy ourgue s
ts n ot
ify h is Lord sh i
p of you ra r
riva l.”Wi ll
iams
imme diate l
y.Pl eas edonott r oubl emywi feunde r turnst ot hegar de ne rands ays,“ I'm af raid,Ly tl
e,
anyc ircums tanc es.Shemus tnotbebot he redi n thats inc ey ourboyWe sl
eyhas n'tt ur nedupy et,
maki ngpr epar ationsande nte rtainingt hegue sts
. yo u'
ll n ee d to be s
o kin d asto ten d to t
h eh orses
fornow. ”Thos ewhoar eobv i
ous lynotofhi gh
Wi lkins on,Lor dofEnds gat eManor social st at us will bes how n to t
h e s erva nt'
s hall
(SeeSc e ne3be low) .Cl uesar eav ailabl eont he
Wat sonc annotat te ndduet ohi spr actice,buthe gr oundsi fthec harac t
e rsinv esti
gat e ,buts ince
askst hei nv estigator st ogoi nhi ss tead. they a re h urri
e d into the hou se,t he ir
inve stigat ionwi llhav etowai t.
RESOLVEAWARD:Awar donepoi ntofRe s olve
toe ac hi nv estigatort hatatte ndst hee v e
nt . RESOLVEAWARD:Awar donepoi ntofRe solve
toe achi nv e st
igat oratt hec onc lus ionoft his
scene .
SCENE3-LORDWI
LKI
NSONSPEAKS t
her
oof
.Mor
ethanl
ike
lyt
hewhi
rl
windofac
tiv
ity
wi
lls
hoot
hem awaybe
for
ethepar
tybe
gins
.
Oncethesoci
all
yfitgroupisseat
edwithinthe
parl
or,Lor
dWi l
kinsons hut
sthedoorbe hi
nd Cl
ue:Cr
owsAr
eCi
rcl
ingOneCor
neroft
heManor
.
him,openshi
shands ,andspeaksope
nl y
.
Lead1 :Iti
sas uper
nat
uralsi
gnofmur der.(Fal
se)
“Thanky ouf orcomi ng.Youmus tfor givemy Lead2:Cr owsalwaysmigrat
ei near
lyspri
ng.
skul ldugge ry,butwehav eade licates ituat i
on. (Fal
se)
Twoni ght sago,oneofours taffwe ntmi ssi
ng, Lead3:Pe rhapssomet
hingne arbyi
sattr
acti
ngthe
andi tc oul dpos eapr oble mf ormydaught er's crows.(True)
engage me ntpar ty.Thepar tyt omor rowmus tgo
offwi t
houtahi tch.You' veme tWi l
li
amsandno Cl
ue:TheBr
oke
nRungoft
heTr
ell
is
doubthav ebe enunde rthei cygl areof
Mor time r.Mor ti
me rishe retoas si
stwi t h Le
ad1:I
twasbroke
nbygardening.(Fals
e)
pr epar ations ,butI '
mc ert
aint heFai r faxf ami ly Le
ad2:Itwasbr
okenbyageandne gle
ct.(Fal
se)
se nthi m he retos pyonus .The ywoul dc alloff Le
ad3:Itwasbr
okenbymisuse
.(Tr ue)
thee ngage me ntinahe artbeati fany thing
tawdr yc amet olight .I'vetake nt helibe r t
yof Cl
ue:ASmal
lGar
deni
ngShe
d(Fal
seCl
ue)
ke epinge v enmyownman,Wi lliams ,int he
dar k.Iam c hargingy ouwi t
hke epingMor t
ime r Lead1:Sev
eralt
ool
saremissi
ng.
andWi lliamsunc onc ernedwhi lemaki ngc ertain Lead2:Theshedhasawindowfaci
ngthemanor
thi smi ssingboydoe snotmakeahas hofour house
.
car efullyar range dpl ans .It rus ty ouwi l
l Lead3:Thefl
oorofthes
hedisfr
eshly
-tur
neddi
rt.
mai ntaindi scre
tionabov ealle ls e.Thi s
engage me nti smuc hmor ei mpor t
antt hant he Cl
ue:ASe
rvant
'sCoatLy
ingBe
sidet
heOl
dWe
ll
dis appe ar anceofas tabl eboy ,soy oumus ttake
car einy ouri nvestigat ions.Nowi fyou' llexcus e Lead1:I
tisdispl
ayedhe r
easawar ning.(Fal
se)
me ,Imus treturnt omypr epar at i
ons .I'llsend Lead2:Itf
ellherehaphazar
dlyasifbychance.
Wi ll
iamsi nt oseey out oy ourr oomsandhec an (True
)
findf oodf ory oui fyouar ehungr yafte ry our Lead3:Itwashiddenhereonpur pose.(
False)
jour ne y.”
Thepar tymaywi shtoinvesti
gatethewe l
lbecause
RESOLVEAWARD:Awar donepointofRe
sol
ve theythinkthatWe sleyi
sdownt here.Thewe llis
t
oe ac
hinv
est
igat
oratt
heconc
lus
ionofthi
s sit
uatedinthemi ddleofalltheout doortabl
e sthat
sc
ene. have beenarranged f
ortheev e
n t.Op e
n i
ng t
h ew el
l
andgoi ngdowni nitwills
ure l
ydi s
turbpar t
y
planningorthee ventit
sel
f.Thei nvesti
gatorsbest
choiceistoinves
tigatei
tduringt henightwhi le
SCENE4-THENORTHWEST everyoneisasl
eep.
GROUNDS
Thisl ocationiswhe rethef ormale ngageme nt SCENE5–THEKI

TCHEN
partywi llbehe l
d.Thisplac emus tholds ome
specialsigni f
icancetothef ami l
y,s inceitdoe s Thekitche ns ee
mst ocontainever
yme mberofthe
notlookt hepar tofachar mi ngve nue .The households taff
…andpe rhapsafewot her
trel
lisisbe reftofvegetat
iont hi
se arlyint he households!I tisreminiscentofabeehive.I
tis
season.Thes erv
antswi l
lhav etode corateit dif
fi
culttof i
ndapl acetostandwhe rethe
withs omebunt i
ngtogi veitamor efesti
ve inve
stigatorswi llnotbeins omeone’
sway .The
appe aranc e.Thes amegoe sf ortheol dwe l
l.It mostde li
ciousc ombi nat
ionofs mell
sinthisroom
willalsone edsomebe autificati
on.Amobof ist
heonl yr easononewoul dwanttol i
ngerhere.
blackbi rdsar econgregatingont hec ornerof
Cl
ue:We
sle
y'sWasHe
reGat
her
ingExt
raFood Cl
ue:TheHor
seWe
sle
yWasFondofi
sSki
tt
ish
Lead1 :We
sleywasharbor
ingafugiti
ve.(
Fals
e) Lead1:Iti
sspooke
dbyt hecrows.(
Fal
se)
Lead2:Wesle
ywaspr e
paringt
ogoonat ri
p. Lead2:Lytl
ehasbeenmi s
tre
atingt
heani
mal
.
(True) (Fal
se)
Lead3:Wesle
ywasbulkinguptofightEdbert
. Lead3:Itmiss
edWe sl
ey.(Tr
ue)
(Fals
e)
Cl
ue:As
che
dul
eofExt
raDut
ies(
Fal
seCl
ue)
Cl
ue:AMapont
heWal
lDe
tai
lsEnds
gat
e
ManorHous
e Lead1 :Theli
stincl
ude
sme ndingthewell
.
Lead2:Thel is
tincl
udespaint
ingthei
nteri
orof
Lead1:Natalie’
sRoom isintheNor t
hwe st thegardeningshed.
Corner.Perhapsthat
’simportant
.(True) Lead3:Thel is
tincl
udesfi
xingLadyWilki
nson’
s
Lead2:Mar y’sRoom isintheSouthwe s
tCorne
r, gazebo.
Perhapsthat’
simportant.(
False)
Lead3.Edith’sRoom isintheEastWi ng,
Perhapsthat’
simportant.(
False) SCENE7–NATALI E’SROOM
Clue:Wes
leyandEdbe
rtWe r
eObs
erv
ed Oneoft helar ge
rbe droomsi nthemanor ,
Shouti
ngAboutSomet
hing Natali
e'sroom hase v er
ythingay ounglady
needs.As it
tingar e
ai sfr
ame dbe twee
nan
Lead1:Wesle
yoffende
dEdbe r
t'
sfat
her
.(Fal
se) orname ntalmi r
rorandar moir
e.Al ar
gef our-pos
t
Lead2:Edberti
sabully.(
Fal
se) bedc l
aimst hec enterofthespace.Onewal l
Lead3:Natal
ie'
snamewasme nti
onedi
nt he supportsas mallbookc asethathasbeen
ar
gume nt
.(True) overwhe l
me dwi thwor nv ol
ume sofli
terature.
Cl
ue:AMi
ssi
ngCoatHook
SCENE#6–THESTABLES
Lead1:I
twasus e
dasawe apon.(Fal
se)
Thes t
ablesarefairlynondescr
iptandut i
li
tar
ian Lead2:Itwasr
ippedoutinhaste.(
True)
innature.Therear ehalfadozenstal
ls,ample Lead3:Serv
antshavebeennic
kingsmallthi
ngs
room tostoretack,andar oomyhay l
oft andsel
li
ngthem.( Fal
se)
overhead.Severalhorsesnicke
randhoov es
stompatt hearrivaloftheinve
sti
gators. Cl
ue:MuddyShoePr
int
sinLadyNat
ali
e’sRoom
Cl
ue:We
sle
ySl
epti
ntheLof
t Lead1:Theprintsl
ookli
keas t
rangeki
ndof
workboot
.(False
)
Lead1:I
tappearsthatWe sl
eyhasbeenkeepi
ng Lead2:Theprintsgobackandfort
hfrom t
he
companyintheloft
.(Fals
e) window.(True
)
Lead2:Wesl
e yisanexcell
entcl
imber.(
True) Lead3:Theprintslookl
iket
hemanf avor
edhis
Lead3:Wesl
e yhasaf e
arofhorses
.(Fal
se) ri
ghtfoot
.(Fal
se)
Clue
:AHe ar
tWithBar
ely
-Legi
bleI
nit
ial
s Cl
ue:AnUns
igne
dLov
eNot
e(Fal
seCl
ue)
Carvedi
ntheCe
ili
ngAbovet
heBe d
Le ad1:Thenoteiswel
lwr i
tte
nt ohavebeen
Le
ad1:W+N(
True) pe nnedbyas t
abl
eboy.
Le
ad2:W+E(
Fals
e) Le ad2:Thenoteappearstohavestai
nsoni tasi
f
Le
ad3W+M (
Fals
e) from tear
s.
Le ad3:Thenotemake sme nt
ionofme e
tingat
theEnds gat
eClif
fandfall
inginlove.
SCENE8–CHARACTER Edi
thWilki
nson
INVESTI
GATIONS Whatsheknows:
Ref
ertothi
ss c
enewhe neve
rtheinves
tigator
s 1.He rsi
sterMar yiss caredofcr
ows.
que
sti
onanyoft hes t
afforguest
satEnds gat
e 2.Shedi dn’
tknowWe s l
eyverywel
l.Hewasfour
Manor.UsetheRul eofFourtodeter
mi neif year
she rjunior .
Thr
eatMe t
erincreasesarerequi
red. 3.We sle
ye nj
oy eds pendingtimeatEndsgat
e
Cli
ff
,aboutami l
efrom t hemanorhouse
.
Wi
lli
ams–TheWi l
kins
on'
sBut
ler 4.We sle
yr ec
e ntlyaske dherhowtowrit
epoe t
ry.
He
re’swhatheknows: Hes aiditwasf oragirl.
1.We sleywasagoodl ad;hewasapr ofi

cient MaryWilki
nson
stabl
eboy . Whatsheknows:
2.Lor dWi lki
ns onne v
erhadapr oblem wi
th
thelad.The yof tenfishedt oget
he r.TheLor d 1.Mr s.Johns on,thecook,actedlikeamot herto
enjoyedhi scompanys i
nc ehedi dnothav ea We sle
yaf terhi smotherdied.
sonofhi sown. 2.She ,Natalie,andWe sleywe ret
hebe stof
3.Hel ov esNat ali
ede arly
. fri
endswhi l
egr owingup.
4.Nat alie,Mar y ,andWe sleyuse dtoplay 3.Edithi sjealousofNatalieforgett
ingmar ri
ed
togetherwhe nt he ywe reyounge r. beforehe r.
5.Wi ll
iamss ayst hisengage me ntisamus tf or 4.He rf at
her,Lor dWi l
kinson,hasbe e
nv ery
LordWi l
kinson,al thoughher efusestotel
lt he str
e s
se dbys ome thi
ngr ecent
ly,buthewi l
lnot
investi
gat orswhy .(Thet ruthisLor d sharet hatwitht hefamil
y .
Wi l
kins onhasl ostas um ofmone yandnee ds
toseehi sdaught er
smar r
iedoff.) LadyWi l
kins
on
6.Hec losedt hewi ndow,t el
li
ngLadyNat alie, Anyattempttoint
eractwithLadyWil
kins
onwill
“Itwoul dnotdot oc atchcoldont hi
s dis
turbherprepar
ationsfort
heevent
.Thiswi
ll
impor tantwe ek.” inc
reasetheSoci
alThreatMe t
er.
Mrs.Johnson–TheCook(
oranyoft
heot
her Ly
tleandEdbe
rt-t
hegar
dene
randhi
sson
ki
tchenstaf
f)
Whatthes t
affknows
: Lyt l
eandhi ssonar econvinc e
dt hatt he
inves ti
gatorshaves omes ortofhol dov erthe ir
1.We s
leywasalwayss neakingfood. mas te r
.Whye ls
ewoul dhes uddenl yinv it
e
Mr s
.Johnsondi dn’
tmi nd. strange rstosuchane vent?Bot hoft he m ar e
2.We sl
ey’
smot herpassedawayaf ewyears itc
hi ngf orareasont ofi
ghtt heinv estigator s.If
ago.LordWi l
kinsonwasqui teupsetathe r phy sicalalt
ercati
onsbr eakout ,treatthe
passi
ng. garde nerandhi ss onasbludge rrepr obat es .Iti
s
3.YoungWe sleytol
dMr s.Johnsonthathe li
ke l
yt hatsomeoft hepartygue stswi llhe arof
wasinlove,andhepl anne dtoaskthegirlto thef ight.Thiswillincr
easetheSoc ialThr e at
runawaywi thhim. Me ter .
4.We sl
eyavoidedEdbe rtwhe neve
rhewas
able. Nat
ali
eWi l
kins
on
Whatsheknows:
1.Sheadmi tsthatWe sl
e yl
ov e
dhe r
,butshe
lovedhim onlyasabr other.
2.Shel i
esaboutWe sl
eybe i
nginhe rroom t
o
avoidanys c
andal .Shedismissest
hefootpri
nts
asbe l
ongingtowor kers;fi
xingthewindowt hat
wouldnots t
ays hut.( Nat aliehasanOr atorySki ll SCENE9–REMOVI NGTHEBODY
of3,wi thaSpe cialt
yi nLy ing.)
3.Ifcaughti nhe rli
e s,Nat alieas ksforcompl e t
e Onc et hei nv es
tigat orshav elocate dt hebody ,the
discr
e tionf r
om t hei nve st
igat orstoavoidany fi
r s
tor de rofbus ine s
swi llber emov ingitf r
om t he
scandal .Shet he nr elay sthes toryofWe sley roof.The nt herei sthemat terofmov ingthebody
cli
mbi ngupt het rell
is.( Re me mbe rthatshehasnot oal oc ati
onwhe rei twillnotdi stur bori nterrupt
ideahewe ntt other oof.) thepr oc eedings .The r
ear es everaldi ffer
entopt ions
4.Shel ov esJame sandbe l
iev esthattheywi l
lbea av ailabl etot hei nv est
igatorsforr e mov ingt he
perfectmat ch. body ,butt heyar el imitedwhe nitc ome stot he
mat tersofc once alme ntanddi scre t
ionwhe n
TheLady ’sMai d mov i
ngi t
.Ge ttingc aughtwi t
hWe sley '
scorps eby
Whats heknows : any oneot herthanLor dWi l
kinsonwoul dc ertainly
spelldi sasterfort hei nve sti
gators .Se etheThr eat
1.Shei sthemai dt oal lthre eoft hedaught er
s . Me ters e c
tionf ormor ei nformat ion.
2.Ifpr ompt e d,shegi vest heac c
ountoft hev oices
heardi nNat alie’
sr oom.Shehasnoi deai ft
he He rear es omes ugge steddi ff
icultiesf orpote ntial
malev oi cebe longe dt oWe sl
e y.Shes i
mpl yhe ard s olutionst othepr oblem:
voicesandf etche dt hebut ler,Wi ll
iams.
3.Shehasl i
ttlec ontac twi thout doorhands . -Suc ce edataChal lenging( 4)Di fficultyCr i
mi nal
Parti
c ularlydi rt
ys t
abl eboy s. Ar t
istrySki l
lRol ltot i
eupt hec or pseandan
Av erage( 3)Di fficultyCl imbSki llRol ltol owe rit
from t her oof.
-ADe manding(5)Dif
fi
cult
yStrengthRol
lal
lows
aninv
esti
gatort
os l
ingthebodyoverashoul
der
andnavi
gatebackdownt hetr
ell
is.
-Duetothecondit
ionofthebody,aHe r
oic(
6)
Dif
fi
cul
tyisr
e qui
redforaCraftSki
llRol
lto
di
sgui
sethecorpse.
-Tryingtoc onvincesomeoneins
idethemanor
thatt
he yreallydidnotjus
tseeamade -
upcorpse
requi
r e
saNi ghImpos s
ibl
e(7)Dif
fi
cult
yCharm
Skil
lRoll.
Whi lethisadv entureisnotde signedtobea

slapsti
c kaffair,itisnotasgr im assomeot her
Bake rSt re
e tadv entures.There f
ore,removingthe
bodyf rom t her oofandt hent hemanorgr ounds
canbeasc ome dicasde si
red.Us eHideorCr iminal
Ar ti
str
ySki l
lstoduc ki
nandoutofr oomsandke ep
awayf rom t hes taffandgue sts.Acti
ng,Char m,or
Or ator
yar eway st hattheinves t
igat
orscouldtryto
mi sdir
e ctorf oolwi t
nes se
s.Whe nthebodyhas
be entake nc areof ,t
hei nvest
igatorsarefr
eet o
enjoyt her estoft hefestiv
iti
es.
APPENDI
X:
Non-
Play
erChar
act
ers
:
LordWi lkinson,t hec lient

LadyWi l
kinson,t hewi feofLor dWi lkinson
EdithWi lkinson,e lde s
tdaught erofLor d
Wi l
kins on
Natal i
eWi l
kins on,t hebe tr othed
Mar yWi l
kins on,y ounge s tdaught eroft he
Wi l
kins onf ami l
y
Wi l
liams ,theWi lkinson' sbut ler
Fiona,theLady 'sMai d
Mr s.Johns on,t hec ook
We sley,theunf ortunat es tableboy
LytleandEdbe rt,thegar de ne randhi sson
Jame sFai rfax,Nat al i
e'sint ende d
Mor time r,Lor dFai rfax'sbut le r
THE CASE OF THE
St
abl
e-
Yar
dTr
age
dy
By Mark Plemmons
OVERVI
EW THECRI
ME
ThebodyofJohnSmal l,an8- y ear-oldboy ,was Al iceSmal l,themur de redboy ’s13- y e

ar -ol
d
discov eredi nas ev
er elymut ilatedc ondi ti
on sis
t er,hasbe ens ecre tlyhav ingar elationship
nearlyt woday safteranune xpl ained withJos ephBr ook,al oc albut che r’sas sist
ant
disappe ar anc eintheLondondi strictof some9y e ar she rse nior .Shei sc ompl e tel
y
Bermonds e y,southoft heRi v erThame s.Theboy i nfatuat edwi tht hisbe au,andhe rl ovef orhi m
wasl as tse enint hec ompanyofmi l
kmanSamue l ove rshadowst hel ov es hef eelsf oral lot hers.He r
Griggs ,whom heac compani edonhi sde li
ve r
ies
. obs essionwi llletnot hings tandi nhe rway–
Thef athe r,ac abdriverandne phe wofJonat han unf ortunat e l
yf orhe rfami ly.
Smal l( “TheSi gnoft heFour ”) ,callsupont he
investigator sinBake rSt r
e ett ot ellhisstoryand Thr eeday sago( aThur s
day ),wi thonl yonemi lk
asksf ort he i
rhe lpinl ocatingt hemur de rerofhis deliver yre mai ning,JohnSmal landSamue l
son.Hi sfour -whe el
e dc arri
age( awe ll
-wor n Griggsf e
lli ntoanar gume ntov erat riviali
ns ult
,
“growl er”or“ four-
se ater”)st andsout side, whi cht heboyt ookmor es e
rious l
yt hanwas
shouldt he yde si
retrans por tt ot hes cene. intende d.St ati
ngt hathewasgoi nghomef or
breakf ast,hel eftGr iggs ,butr athe rthangoi ng
directlyhome ,hewande redt hear eaunt i
lfinall
y
arrivingatt hes mal ls table-yar dwhi chwasl ess
than1 00y ardsf rom hi shome .Gl anc ingupat
thedi rtywi ndowsoft hes mal lf l
atsabov ethe
150 THE CASE OF THE STABLE-YARD TRAGEDY
stables,hewass hoc ke dt os eehi ssis t
e rAl i
ce policei nvestigationqui c
klyleadsint hedi recti
on
passbyonewi ndowi nas t
at eofpar tial ofSamue lGr iggs,inwhos establebayt hebl ood-
undr ess.Rapi dlyas c endi ngt hes tairs,he stai
ne dc anv aswasf ound,andwhowasknownt o
reache dther oom andope ne dt heunl ocke d thev i
c tim.Br ookandAl iceplant ole avet hearea
doort of i
ndhi ss isterandBr ookbe ginni ngan andf indane wj obunde ras s
ume dname sin
inti
mat eac t
.Conf ront i
ngt hem,hebe gant o somedi stantt ownonc ethehueandc r
yhasdi ed
raisehisv oice,callingt he m name sand down.The yfe elnoqual msov erGr iggs ’arrest,
threateninge xpos ur e .Knowi ngt hathe rfuture especial l
yAl ice–whowasonc eshunne dby
resteduponhe rbr ot her’ss ilence,andf eari
ng Gr i
ggs .Shoul dt heyf e
elthehe atoft he
hisc r
ieswoul dbehe ard,Al icequic klyt ookup investigationf alli
ngupont hem,howe ver,they
abut che r’
skni f
ef rom ane arbyt ableand mayac c el
eratet heirplans,withBr ookbur gl
ing
thrustitint ohe rbr ot her’sl eftbreas t.Though hisempl oyer’ss afeinordert osecuret hef unds
seemi nglymor t
al l
ywounde d,he rbr ot herwas forthe irescape .
noty etde ad–butAl icewasmome nt ar il
y
frozeni ns hockatwhats hehaddone .Br ook
thent ookt hekni fef rom he rwit hhi sle ft ADVI
CEFORTHEMASTERMI
ND
(primar y)handandgr i
ml yf i
nishe dt hede ed
wi t
has econdt hrus tt ot heoppos i
tebr east. Int heVi ctor i
anAgeande ar li
e r,poorandwor king
Thebl oodgus he dfr om t hewoundsands pil
led classc hi l
dr enhe lpe dthe irpar e ntspayt hebi l
lsby
acrosst hef l
oor,butal sodr ipsbe t
we ent he labor ingi nf ac tories,mi lls,f arms ,andot he rt rades
slatstol e
av etracedr opsonac anv ast arp (evenpr os titution) .Thei nv e s
t i
gat or swi llknow
hangingi nt hes tablebaybe low–af ac t this,ands houl dnotbev e rys ur pr isedt ol earnt hat
unknownt othemur de re rs. they oungv i
ctim hadaj ob.Whi l
et heFac tor yAc t
of1891r aise dthemi nimum wor ki ngagef rom 1 0
Nowgui ltyofmur derandf earingdi scov er y, to1 1,thi swasnotne cessar ilye nfor cedout sideof
thepai rr eac tedqui ckly,mov ingar ugt oc over the fac tories w h ere i
n spe ctor s are mo re ro utine.
thebl oods tain,wr appi ngthebodyi nas he et, Al thoughi tmaybei mpos si
bl ef ort hepl ay ersto
andhi dingi tint hec loset.Br ookwast owai t disabus et he ms elvesoft he i
rmode rnt hought
unt ilni ghtfallandr emov eittoapubl icpl ace p at
te rn s,itis w orth n oti
n g th a tV ic tori
ans oc ie
ty
whe rei twoul dbes uret obedi scovered,af t
er f oundi tdi fficulttoc onc e iveofawomanasa
mut ilatingi tinthemanne rofJac ktheRi ppe r violen t crimi na l,un l
e s
s in sa neorot he rwis e
inor de rtot hrows uspi ci
one l
s ewhe r
eand serious lyl ackingi nme nt alf acul t
i es.Whe n
distrac tt hepol ice.Howe ver,Br ookfe llbadl y conv er singwi tht hei nve stigat or s,c harac terswi ll
il
lwi thf lu,andwasunabl et odi sposeoft he n at
u ra ll
y re f
e rto th eu nd isco ve red mu rd erer as
bodyt hatni ght–ore v entheni ghtthe reaf t
er “ he.”
–de s piteAl ice’
sv isit
sandur gings.
Thisc aser e quir esas igni fi
c antamountofc rime
Inanac tofde s
pe ration,Br ookr oseear ly sceneande vi
de nc ee xami nat ion,e achf or ginga
Sat ur daymor ningand,us i
nghi svant agepoi nt link i
n th e chain o freas on ing .T h e inv es
t i
g ators
andknowl e dgeoft hes t
able- yardinhabi tants, mayque stionwi tne s
s esandot herr elatedpe rsons
selec tedas potdange rouslyne arhome .Rat he r as des ired ,b utt here are n o e yew itn esses to th e
thanr i
skc ar ryi
ngt hebodyt hr ought he crimeot he rt hant hemur de re rsthe ms elve s.Thus ,
stabl e-y ard,hes impl yt ossedt hebodyf rom hi s thef inalr e solut i
ont ot hec as ewi llbe stbe ,as
wi ndowt ol andi nt hec orne roft he S herloc k Ho lme sw ou ld sa y, “
f oun ded up o nt he
coac h- hous e,feel
ings urethatnoonewoul d obse rv ationoft rifl
e s.
”
conne cthim wi tht hec r
ime .
Thec as easwr i
t t
enas sume st hatt hev ic
t i
m
Impat i
e ntfort hec orps etobef oundaf tert he di sappe ar edonaThur sday ,t hebodywas
une xpe ctedde l
ay ,het henwe ntdowns tairsto di scov e redSat urdaymor ning,andt he
‘
di scov e r’thec orps eandal e rtthepol ice .The inve stigator sar ec alledi nonSunday .The seday s
THE CASE OF THE STABLE-YARD TRAGEDY 151
canbec hangedasdesir
ed,buttakecarewhe n Di
ecaus
e1sor2st
obes
ucc
ess
ful
.
doingso–s omete
xtrefer
encesandc harac
ter
convers
at i
onsmayr e
fertoeventsashappening 5–Br ookandAl icebeli
evethei nves
tigator
sar e
“twoday sago”or“Fr
iday”andsoon;c hangethes
e toocloset odis
coveringthetruth,andmake
accor
dingly. planstof l
e e
.Tensionincreas
e s
,andr olled1s,2s,
or3sont heSherlockDienol ongercaus e1s,2s,
or3st obes ucces
s f
ul.Thisisthefinalincreaseto
THETHREATMETER
theThr eatMe t
erbe for
etri
gge r
ingtheEndgame
Threat.
TheThr eatMe terf
orthisadventurefoll
owsthe
standardrules
.Ifincreasedbeyondthef i
ft
h Endgame1–I fthei nvestigatorsac cuseBr ook
threat
,Brookr obshise mploy
er’sshopandf l
ees (withoutdi scover i
ngAl i
c e’
spar tint hemur der)
,
wi t
hAlice,s
teali
nghe rawayint hemi ddl
eofthe hes tat esthatAl i
c eactuallyki l
ledhe rbr othe r
night. andt hathe( Brook)me relyputt heboyoutofhi s
mi s
e ry .Whe nBr ookac cuse sAlic e,orift he
1–De spitepolices uppr es
sion,ne wsoft he invest igat
or sac c
us eAliceonl y,s hef ake sa
‘
Ri pperMur de r!’appe arsembl az onedac ross me ntalbr e akdownandbl ame stheki l
lingon
news paperhe adline s,bri
ngi ngthr ongsof Brook,andbe twee nthemt het wor evealal l.
curiosi
tys eekerstot hear ea.Ev enwi thas mall Whe t he rornott hef ulltruthi sr evealed,t he
policepresenc e,thei nvesti
gator sf i
ndt hems el
ves invest igat
or sdidnotc ompl e t
elyunv eilthe
badge r
e dbyi nqui si
tiverepor t
er sandonl ookers. my ste ryont he i
rown,ands olos eonec ircleof
The i
rinv est
igationi sinterruptedati noppor t
une St atus .
mome nts,andt he ymayf eelli
ket heintrusive
reportersarec ontinual l
yhampe ringt hei
r Thec as el
angui she sinthec ourtofl awt hrougha
progress.Rol l
ed1 sont heShe rloc kDi enol onger mi s
tr ialase achde f
endantbl ame stheot he r.
cause1 stobes uc cessful. Unde rmos tc i
rcums tances ,Brookwoul dbe
foundguilt
yandAl ic
esetfre
e ,butsoconv i
ncing
2– Br ookge tspar
anoi dthel awmi ghtbec l
osi
ng isherme nt
albreakdown,thec ourtrul
esthatshe
in.Hegainst hefri
ends hipofs omeBl udgerswho isquit
einsane.Brookisse
tfre e,andAlic
eiss ent
willbepresentforthefinalconf ront
ation(one toaninsaneasylum (wher
es heus esherwilesto
Bludgerforev eryt
woi nv es
tigators+e ver
yt wo ingrat
iat
ewi t
hhe rmaleoverseersande ve
ntually
police
mant hei nves
tigatorsmi ghtbring). gainsherrel
ease).
3–Si rEdwar dBr adf ord,Commi s
s ione rofPol i
ce, Endgame2–I fthei nv estigator sfailt odeduce
believe
st hei nvestigat orsar eabus ingt hepubl ic theide ntityofe i
the rmur de re
r ,Brookr obshis
interes
tint hisnew“ Ri ppe rMur der ”inor de rto empl oy er
’ss afe( towhi chhehast he
promot et he i
rownname sandc aree rs.Heor ders combi nation)andf lee swi thAl ic
ei nt hee arl
y
thepolicef orcenott oc oope r atewi ththe mor ninghour sbe twe enmi dnightand3am.
investi
gat orsoral l
owt hemt oe xami neany Publ i
copi nionbe l
ieve st hatBr ookwasgui l
tyand
prisonersore vi
de nc et heypos se ss,e veni fthey kidnappe dt hegi rlashef ledinor de rtocasta
all
owe dt hei nvestigator sac ce s
spr ev i
ous ly.The finalev i
lblowagai nsthe rf ami ly,wi thwhom he
investi
gat orsmus tus eas howofSt at usorof fe
ra mus thav ehads omes ecre tgrudge .The
bribeinor dertogai nac cesst oany thingi nt he investigatorsl oset woc ircle sofSt atus ,evenif
handsoft heaut hor i
tie s.Re gardl essofs tatusor theyc ans ome howpr ov et het ruth.Al thought he
bribery,thepol icec annotpr ovidet he truthiss ummar izedwi thoutt hec rimi nalsin
inv es
tigator swithanypr ote ctionagai ns t cus t
ody ,thei nv esti
gat or shav epe rforme dpoor l
y.
reportersorc ri
mee nt hus i
as ts. Re ducee ac hinv es t
igat or’sExpe rienc ebyone
point.
4–Thepublicoutc
ryandl ac
kofcooper
ati
on
fr
om thepol
icemakesthecaseev
enmor e
dif
fi
cult
.Nei
therr
olle
d1 snor2sontheSherl
ock
Obs
erv
ati
on4:
Themanperf
ormsmostact
ionswithhi
sle
ft
hand,i
ndi
cat
ingt
hathei
sleft
-handed.
Obs
erv
ati
on5:
Theman’ saccenthol dstrac esoftheWe st

Midlands,specifi
call
ythec ountyof
Wor cest
ershir
e,nowobs cur edwi t
hat ouchof
London.Shoul dani nvestigatorde duc ethis,i
t
providesanindicati
onoft heman’ sf ami ly
background.Thi si
sonl yre levantifthe
inves
t i
gator
’sdoubtt heman’ sconne ctionto
JonathanSmal l,asWat son’ sownac countofthe
case(“TheSignoft heFour ”)me ntionst hefamil
y
ori
gin.
THEI
NTERVI
EW
Que sti
oni ngThomasSmal lisdifficult,duei npar t
s
tohishunge r
,fatigue ,ands hoc k.Ift he
investigatorsprof fere dliquori ns teadoff oodand
drink,i treactsqui ckl yonhi se mpt ys t
omac h,
causinghi mt opas souti nt hemi dstofhi ss tory
.
(Shouldt hisoccur ,Pol iceCons tabl eSi mps on
arrivess hortl
yt her eaf t
er.Hehasbe enf oll
owi ng
Smal landc anpr ov ideal lofSmal l’
si nformat ion
plushi sown,asr eve aledinSc e ne3. )Thomas
Smal lknowsonl yt hei nformat ionl istedbe low,
whi c
hy ouc anr eve ali nanypar ticularor der
depe ndi ngont hei nv e st
igators’ que sti
ons .
“Icamet oBake rStre

etbec
aus eMr.Holmesonce
hadde alingswithmyuncle,Jonat
hanSmall.I
don’tfaultMr .Holmesf
orsendinghimto
Dartmoor ,f
orhewasguil
tys ur
eenough,e
ve n
thought he r
e’sl
it
tl
edoubtthathewassore
ly
provoked. ”
“Ir eallydon’ tknowhowt obe gi n,s i

rs,butI’l
ldo
thebe stIcan. ”Het akesthes ingl esheetof
ne ws paperoutofhi sleftcoatpoc ketandhandsi t
tot he m.Thepape rbearsthef ollowingc irc
led
adv e r
tise
me nt:“Los tonThur sdaymor ningaboy ,
JohnSmal l,agede ight.Wasl as tseenne arGr ange
Wal kat8: 30a. m.Hadonnav ybl uetopc oat(with
bras sbut t
onson) ,mi dshi
pman' sc ap,plaid
knic kerboc kersuit,lacedboots ,re dandwhi te
stoc kings;c omplexionf ai
r.Home ,41,Cr i
ms c
ott
St
reet
."Thisi
swhatI’
m hereabout
.Butmyboy cas ualway ,andLi zfai rl os the rpat ienc ewi t
h
ai
n’tl
ostnomore.He’
sdead–but c
heredbyt
he hi m andt hr eat ene dhi m wi tht hepol ice.He
Ri
pperorsomefi
e ndj
ustl
ikehim!” re treat edr apidl y,y ethec al ledagai nt hi s
mor ni ng–t houghhewoul dnotc omei n.He
“Thel as tt imeIs awJohnni ewasThur s day ope ne dt hedoorands ai d," Hav ey ouhe ard
mor ni ngataboutaquar tertos eve n,whe nIl e f
t any thingofJohnni e?"Ir e pl iedt hatIhadnot ,
thehous ef orwor k,forIgoc abbi ngs ixday sa butt hatIhadbe ent ot hepol ic eandt hat
we ek.Hewasc arv i
ngal itt
lewoode nhor sewhe nI de te ctiveswoul dbel ooki ngout .Sam t he n
senthi mt ot hes t
abl e-y ardt ot ellthehor s
e-ke e
pe r wal ke daway ,Is uppos et ohi shomes inc et hat
tore adyahor sef ormyc ab.Hebr oughthi ms e l
f washi sge ne raldi r
ec tion. ”
backs hor t
ly,nomor et hanaf ewmi nut es,ands aid
thehor s eisi ni tss tallre ady .The nIwe ntt owor k, “Mr s.Ki rkham,ane ighbor ,c amet ot hehous e
leavinghi mi nt hehous e .” thi smor ningabouthal f -pas te ighto’ cloc ktot e
ll
Li zt hatJohnni ehadbe e nf oundmur de r ed,butI
“Mywi feLi z–El izabe th–s ay sJohnni el ef
tt he kne wnot hingofi tunt ilac ons tabl es pot tedmy
hous eonl yaf ewmi nut e safte rthat .Samue l cabandt ol dmet ogohome .The nt hepol i
ce
Gr i
ggs ,oneoft hel oc aldai ry man,wasl eadinghi s c ameandt ookmet ot hemor guei nor de rto
horseandc ar tdownt hes tre et,andJohnni ewe nt i de nt ifythebody .Whe nIs awhi sf ac e,Ikne wi t
outsideandj oine dhi m.Sam s t
oppe dt hec artand t obemyboy .”
Johnni egoti n.The nt he ywe ntof ft oge t
he rlike
usual .
” “Thepol icehav ei nv es tigat e dt hes tabl eswhe re
Johnni ewasf ound,andGr iggs ’ home ,butIdon’ t
“Sam c laimsJohnni elef thim athal fpas teight , knowi fthe yhav efoundany thi ngt hatpr oves
be f
or ec ompl e t
inghi sr ounds ,togot obr eakf ast. hi mt obeaki ller.My s elf,Idon’ tt hi nki tc ould
Lizs ay st hathasne verhappe ne dbe for ei nthe hav ebe enhi m,t houghLi z zieandt hepol iceseem
we ekst hatJohnni e’
sbe e nwor kingwi thSam.He f ixat edoni t.Ic anf indnor eas onf orhi mt odo
usedt oc omehomej us tbe for edi nne rwi tht he suc habl oodyde ed,f orheandJohnni ewe re
inti
mat iont hatSam hadgi venhi ms omebr ead alway sfinef ri
e nds .Hewasbr oughtbe for ethe
andmi lk,butt hi stimehene verdi d. ” magi s tratel astni ght,andt hee v ent swe r e
re por te dint hismor ning’ spape r,whi chIhav e
“Lizzies awSam t hate ve ning,whe nhewasput ting he re .”Whe nSmal ldr awst hepape rfr om hi s
hishor seandc ar tinataboutf iveo' cloc k.She poc ke t,hepoi nt satt hear ticlee nt itled‘ Body
thoughtt hel admi ghthav egonet oj oinhi mt he re. FoundbyJos ephBr ook’ .I tr eadsasf ol l
ows :
Sheas ke dhi mi fhehads eenhi m,buther eplied,
"No. "Wewai t
e dal lni ght ,andIe ve nt ookt o “OnSat ur dayt hebodyofaboywasf oundi n
wande ri ngt hes treetshunt i
nghi m out ,buthadno Be rmonds e yhor riblymut ilate d.About7: 30i n
luck,s oFr idaymor ningweputt hatadv e r
tiseme nt themor ni ngoneJos e phBr ook,abut c he r'
s
intot hepape randwe ntt othepol ice.The yt oldme as sistant ,we ntt ohi smas t er'ss tabl eands awa
thatde te cti
ve swoul dbel ooki ngoutf orJohnni e .” he apofs ome t
hi ngi nt hec or ne rout s idene arthe
coac h- hous e.Ge tti
ngal ight ,hef oundi twasa
“Sam c amebyourhous eFr idaymor ningabout de adbody ,andonhi sf etc hi ngapol ice mani t
seveno’ c l
oc k,ands toppe dint oas ki fJohnni ehad wasf oundt obet hatofaboy ,JohnSmal l
,age d
comehome ,t he nwe ntonhi sr ounds .Hewasi na e ight ,t hes onofac abman,whor e si
de sabout
greathur ryandl ooke dal ittlec ross ,andLi zs aid 1 00y ar dsof f
.Chi efCons t abl eNagl eandt he
hes me ltal ittleofr um,t houghhedi dnotl ookany pol ices urge on,Dr .Le wi s,we r es ummone dtot he
thewor sef ori t.Hes ai dhet houghtJohnni ewoul d sc ene ,andoneoft hef irstt hi ngsdonewast o
turnups oonandnowor sef orwe ar .” phot ogr apht hebodybe for ei tsr emov alandal so
itss ur roundi ngs .Ass oonast hepol ices urgeon,
“Sam c amet oourhous eagai nl atel as te vening Mr .Le wis ,hads eent her emai nst hec oatwas
abouthal fpas tt enandi nqui redagai ni nhi s re plac e dasne ar l
yaspos si blei nt hepos iti
oni n
whi chBr ookf oundi t ,andt hebundl ewas
phot ogr aphe d,af terwhi chi twasc ar ri edona
footambul anc et othemor tuar y,whe reac ar eful
exami nat i
onwasmade .Theboyappe arst ohav e
bee ns tabbe dt ode at handhi sbody
disme mbe re d.Al soonee arhadbe e nc utof f.
Mr .Dav is,t hec hi e
fde tectiv e-ins pe ctor ,sett o
wor kande ve ryi nqui ryast ot hemat te rwas
made .Not rac eofbl oodc oul dbedi scov e red,
andi ts ee me dpr et
tye vide ntt hatt heac tual
mur de rhadt ake npl ac ee lse whe re,andt he
remai nswe r
es ubs eque ntlybr oughtt ot hes pot
whe ret he ywe ref ound.Theboyhadbe en
mi s sings i
nc eThur sdaymor ning,whe n,ashe
freque nt lydi d,heac compani edami lkman
calle dGr iggs ,onhi sr ounds .AsGr i
ggswasl as t
see nwi tht heboy ,hewasar reste dbyt hepol i
c e.
Butt hee v i
de nc eagai ns thi m doe snotamountt o
muc h,s of arasi thasbe e ndi sclos ed.Some SCENE2–THEFI
RST
canv asandot he rt hingsi nhi ss tablear ebe ing I
NVESTIGATI
ONSCENE
exami ned.I nhi shous ewasf oundal argebr ead
kni fewhi chwasc leane dbyMr s.Gr iggson
Theinv esti
gatorss houl dnomi nat eaLe ad
Sat ur day .Ont heonehandi tiss aidt hatGr iggs
Invest
igatortor ollf oranObs ervati
onSki l
lRol
l
cannotac countf oral lhi st ime ,andont heot he r
onThomasSmal landhi sstateme nts.This
thathec an.Thepol icehav ebe endi lige nti n
ObservationRoundbe ginswi t
hf our
canv as si
ngt hear eaf orwi tne ss e
sandmany
undiscoveredc l
ue s ,withaDe mandi ng( 5)
per sonshav eappe ar edv ol unt arilyt ogi ve
dif
fi
culty.Re membe rt
oadj ustthisdiffi
cult
y
evide nce .Iti sr umor e dt hatt hef ol l
owi ng
basedont henumbe rofinv es
tigators,if
per sonshav ebe e nint ervie we dandmaybe
necess
ar y.Ther es tofthei nvesti
gatingpar t
ymay
calle df orne xtwe ek’si nque st:dai ryc us tome r
assi
stasus ual.Af terc l
ue sarediscove r
ed,
Cat he r i
neDonal dson,mi llhandEl eanorSi ddal
proceedtot heRe as onandDe duc t
ionRoundsas
whol ivesne xtdoort ot hepr isone r,andGr i
ggs ’
s
normal .
empl oy erMr .Whi tloc k.Al soe xpe cte dt oappe ar
arePol i
c eCons t ableSi mps onwhowi thMr .
Cl
ue1
:TheCor
pse
Br ookf oundt hebodyandi nwhos ec us todyt he
pris one rwasgi v enaf terhi sappr e he ns ion,Chi ef
Lead1*:Whatotheri
nformati
onmightt
hebody
Cons tabl eNagl e ,thepol ices ur ge onDr .Le wi s
re
v e
al?
alongwi t hhi sr epor t,Chi e fDe tectiv e-Ins pe ctor
Lead2:HasJacktheRipperhavec
omeoutof
Dav is,Mr .Jos e phBr ookwhof irstf oundt he
re
tirement
?
body ,andMr s.Gr i
ggsaswe llasMr .and
Lead3:Didtheboyhaveanyenemies
?
Mr s.Smal landdaught erAl iceSmal l.Daught e r
JaneSmal l,1 1,isnoty etofaget ogi v ee v i
de nc e.
Cl
ue2:TheSt
abl
es
Thepol ic ear es aidt ohav emuc he v ide nc east o
thec rime ,butt he r
ei sani mpr essioni nt he
Lead1*:Mightavisi
ttothestabl
e-y
ardprovide
dist rictthatGr iggsi si nnoc ent .
”
moreevidence?
Lead2:Hav eanyofthehorse
ss e
emsunus uall
y
RESOLVEAWARD:Takingthecas
eawar
ds
re
stl
esslat
ely?
ev
eryi
nves
tigat
orwi
thonepoi
ntofRe
sol
ve.
Lead3:Arethereval
uableanimalsl
odgedatthe
st
able
s?
he l
dfortrial,andthisr aisestheThr eatMe t
er.
Cl
ue3:ThePol
iceEv
ide
nce Out si
deoft heinque st,theinv e
s t
igatorsmayas k
fourque s
tionsofanyoft hefoll
owi ngi nvolve
d
Lead1 *
:Whatwe rethei
temstakenfrom Gri
ggs
’ pe r
sons.The yc anaskanaddi tionalfour
st
able? que s
tionsbyr aisi
ngt heThr e
atMe te
r .
Lead2:Whydi dMr s.Gri
ggswashtheknife
?
Lead3:Whats ec
retsmightthepol
ice 1 )Samue lGr i
ggs.Thepr is
one risat all,wel
l-bui
lt
photographsr
eveal
? youngman,andmi ghtapt l
ybede scribe dasa
t
ypi
calagr
icul
tur
all
abor
er.
Clue4:Suspect
sandWi t
ne sses
Lead1:CanGr iggsprovi
deanal ibif
orallthe TheLas
tSi
ght
ingofJohnSmal
l
ti
met hevi
c t
im wasmi s
sing?
Lead2*:Whatdot hepersonsname dinthe “Johnnielef
tmeabouthal fpas tei
ght,Ibeli
eve.
newspaperarti
clehavetos ay? Wehadj us
tde l
ivere
dat9,Gr angeWal k,whe r
e
Lead3:Mi ghtt
he rebeothe rwi
tnessesunknown weus ual
lydeliv
e r
edataboutt hatti
me .Hewasi n
tothepol
ice? aprickl
ymoodt hatday–Idonotknowwhy–
andwe ntoffinatempe rsayi
nghewasgoi ng
RESOLVEAWARD:Gi v
ee achinve
sti
gat
ort
wo homet ohavehi sbreakf
ast.
”
poi
ntsofResol
veforpart
icipat
ingi
nthis
Inv
esti
gat
ionScene. Gr
iggs
’Whe
reabout
sonThur
sday
“Aft
erJohnni elef
t ,Ihadonl ytode liverto
SCENE3:FOLLOWI
NGLEADS numbe rs1 1and13,andt henIr eturnedtot he
dair
yasus ualt
os eewhate lseneede dtobedone .
ThomasSmal lc
ant ransportupt ofour IsawMr s.Smallagaint hate veni
ng,whe nIwas
invest
igatorstothes cene,aft
erwhi chhewi l
l putt
ingmyhor seandc artinataboutf iveo'clock.
havetol eavethemi nor dertoearnhi sdail
y Shehadc omet ot hes t
abl esandthoughtJohnni e
far
es.For tunatel
y,alloftheleadsandc luesare mightbewi t
hme ,butIhadnots e e
nhi m.The nI
contai
ne dwi thi
naf airl
ys mallarea.The wentt omyhome ,whi chi sat17Bat emanSt r
e et
.
dist
anc ebe t
we e
nmos tlocati
onsisnomor ethan Thate ve
ni ngIwentbac koutt otheRe dLi onf or
ahalf-mile(roughlyan1 1mi nutewal k)
.The apintort wo,butIr eturne dhomeby1 0andIdi d
excepti
oni sthepolices t
ationanddai ry,bot
hof notleaveagainunt ilhalfpastfiveFr i
day
whichar ejustoverami l
eaway ,ora26mi nute morning.”
walk,thoughi ndiff
e rentdirec
tions.
Gr
iggs
’Whe
reabout
sonFr
iday
Thepe rsonsliste
di nt henews paperfragment
canbeque st
ionedi ndividuall
y,orthe i
r “Iwe nttothes tablesasus ual,thens t
oppe dmy
stat
eme ntsre t
rievedfrom thepol i
cee vi
dence
. carttopickupJohnni e,fi
gur i
ngt hathehadc ome
Noonehasanabs olutel
yunbr eakableali
bif
or home ,butwe ntonmyr oundswhe nIkne whe
thetimest hatthev ict
im wasmi s
sing;mosthave hadnot .IsaidIt houghthewoul dturnups oon
ordinaryli
v esthattaket hem betwe e
nwor k, butint r
uthIwonde red.Aliceofferedtot ake
home ,andt heRe dLi on( alocalpub). Johnnie’splacebutIs aidnoonc eagain.Iwe nt
onmyr oundsj ustasIdi dthedaybe f
orebutwas
Ifyoune edt ospeedthepr ocessalong,youmay e ngagedmuc hlat e
rt hanus ualthate vening
changethedat eoft
hec orone r’
sinque s
tand pri
n ti
ng butterfor Saturday '
sma rket.O n myway
mov ei
tc losertothepresent,s otheinvesti
gat
ors home ,about1 0:30atni ght,Icameagai nbyt he
cangot oc ourtandconv e
ni entlywatchallthe Sma llhouse and seeing thatthe window sw erel
it
witnes
sesans werquest
ionsi nas inglesit
ti
ng. Istoppedtos eei fJohnni ehadr eturned.
Howe ver,wi t
houttheinve st
igators’evi
dence, Mr s.Smallfairlosthe rtempe randac cus edmeof
t
hec orone r’
sjuryconcl
ude st hatGriggsistobe doing away with herb oy,w hichI chal
ke d upto
thes t
ressofhi m bei
ngmi s
singands oIbeata oft hi
sany more,andIsuggestthatyoudonot
hastyretr
e at
,thenwal ke
dhome .Ididnotle
ave ei
ther.Iseenone edtoupsetherparentsf
urt
her
againuntilperhapsaquar t
erafterfi
veo’c
lock i
n thei
r t
ime ofgri
ef.
”
Saturdaymor ning.”
AboutCatheri
neDonal dson,re
s i
dingat15
Griggs’Whe reaboutsonSaturdayMor ni
ng DuntonRoad
“Iwe ntaf ewmi nutese arl

ytot hecoac h-house “Idon’tknowthatwomanorthataddres
s
becaus eI’dnotice
dal ooseboardont hec ar
t.I personal
ly.Ibe
lie
veit
’sar
oundhalf-
a-mil
efrom
wante dt onai
litbac kpr operbeforese t
ti
ngof f GrangeWal kandisce
rtai
nlynotonmyde l
iver
y
onmyr ounds,butIc ouldnotf i
ndmyhamme r. rout
e .
”
Ialsohadt ol
oads omee mpt ybottl
esandmi lk
canst hatIhadf orgottentor et
ur ntothedai ry
.I 2)Mr s
.Gri
ggs
.Ar
oughwomanwi
thahar
d
didsoandt henwe ntt othedair ytoloadt hecart tongue.
andbe ginmyr ounds .
”
TheBr
eadKni
fe
TheCr
imeSc
ene
“Thebr eadkni f
ene v
e rleftt hehous e,asIs hould
“Ididnots eet hebodyandmypat hdi dnott ake we llknow.Hadi tdones o,Is ur e
lywoul dhav e
mec loset owhe rey ous ayi twasf ound.Idi dnot mi sse dit.The reisnot hingunus ualaboutmy
seeany onec ar ryingal argepac kagebuti fthere c leani ngt hekni f
eonSat ur day,forIc l
eani t
wasonet he ns ome onemus thav es eent he regul arlywi ththeot he rc utleryatthee ndoft he
mur de r
e rbecaus eaf terfiveo' cloc kthewor kers w eek .”
inthev ar i
ousmi l
lsar eal las ti
r.Ic anname
someoft he m whos awme ,andi fIdi dany t
hing He rHus band’sAl i
bi
sohor ribleasc ar ryingar oundabodyi tc ould
hardlyhav eesc ape dunnot iced.Ial sos aidgood “ Samue lcouldhav enot hingt odowi ththis
mor ningt othes tabl eladashewe ntint ohandl e crime .Ia m an un usually li
g htsleeper,and ifhe
themuc kingout ,ast he ydoe v erymor ning.Ido hadl eftune xpectedlyi nt hemi ddleoftheni ght
notknowwhyt he rewasbl oodont hec anvas, thenIwoul dhav eknown. ”
andIkne wnot hi ngoft hemur de runt i
l
Cons tableSimps onc amet of etchme .” 3)Jos ephBr ook.Ahands ome ,huskybut che r
's
assistant .Heonl yr ev e
al shi splaceofr esi
de nce
Gr i
ggs ’Relati
onswi tht heSmal ls (inaf l
atabov ethes tables )ifdirectl
yas ked.If
que stione daboutwhyhec hos etomuc koutt he
“Ine verhadanyt roubl eswi tht heSmal l
s. stall,hes i
mpl ysay sthati fhes eesthathis
Johnni ewasaf inewor ke rf oraboyofhi sage. e mpl oye r’
sbayne edsmuc kingout ,thenhedoe s
Het ookov erwhe nhi ssiste r–Al ice–s t
oppe d. so.
Shewe ntwi thmet ot hes tat i
ons everaltime sfor
mi l
k,buthav ingr eadofout rage songi r l
sI Hi sOc cupation
woul dnothav ehe ranymor e,ands enthe raway
from thec artwhe ne vershewant e dto "Iam e mpl oy e
dbyMr .Ge orgePe nn,abut c
he r
accompanyme .” of the Ma rket-
ha l
l,B ermo nd s
e y,wh orentsa
stabl eandc oach-hous ei nCr i
ms cottStreetne ar
Te l
li
ngaboutAl i
c e( i
fhei spr essur ed) towhe rethebodywasf ound. ”
“IsentAli
ceawaybe causeherpri
vateconduct HowHeFoundt
heBody
withmewasbe c
omi ngunaccept
able.Frankl
y,
shehasani nt
eresti
nme nthati
srareinagirlof “
Iwentdowntot hes
tabl
e,andaft
eratt
e ndi
ngto
herage.Nodoubts hehasfoundhe r
s e
lfa t
hehors
eItooks omemanureoutint
ot heyard
substi
tut
eformyaf fect
ions
,butIwillnotspeak i
nfr
ontofthecoach-
house,whe
rethereisa
manur epi t.Ihadt hrownt hemanur einwhe nI Re l
ationswi thSamue lGr i
ggs
sawahe apofs ome thingpr oppedupi nt hec orner
betwe ent hewal landt hec oac h-housedoor .I “Unt i
lnow,It houghtt hebe stofMr.Gr i
ggs ,but
couldnotmakeoutwhati twasatt het i
me ,soIgotnow–Idonotknow.Mymi ndi sa-
whi r
l.
”
alightandt hensawi twasade adbody .Ij ust
noticedt hatonee arwasc utof f
,andwasal arme d, Mot ivesforJohnSmal l
’sDe ath
andwe ntforas tablelad.Hes awt hebody ,andwe
we ntforapol ice
mant oge ther.Wes oonf ound “I’
llnotbe li
ev ethatany onec ouldhavehe ldan
one .Ibe li
e vehisnumbe rwas56.Hes awt hebody ,hone stgrudgeagai nstJohnni e.Hei s–was–t he
ands e ntmet othes tati
onf ort hechiefcons t
abl e
, ki ndes tboyint hene i
ghbor hood.Hewasqui te
whoc amewi t
hthepol ices urgeonands awt he protectiveofhi ssis
tersandwoul dev e
ns tand
body .Inot i
cedthatt hebodywast iedupi na withy ounge rchildrenagains ttheolderboy sthat
jacketors omepi eceofc l
ot hingwi thale athe rbeltt easedt hem.No,whoe verkill
edJohnni emus t
buc kl
e dr oundi t
.Is toppe datt heplacef ors ome hav ebe enamadmanors omec rimi
nalwhos e
timeanddi dnotc aret olookatt hebody .Idi dnotpl ansJohnni einterr
upt ed.”
knowi twasc utupori njur ed.Ileftiti
nc har geof
thepol iceman. " Fami l
yAl i
bis
Br
ook’
sRe
lat
ionswi
tht
heSmal
l “Ourne i
ghborMr s.Kirkham andhe rdaughter
cal
ledonusThur sdayandwes pe
ntmanyhour s
“
All
ieisafi
neyoungladywhoIs ometi
me sse
ein chatt
ingwhilehergirlandJani eplayedtoget
her.
t
heshop.Idonotknowther es
tofherfamil
y Tom wasdr i
vingthegrowl e
randAl i
cewould
e
xceptbyname,butIam sureIhavenevermet hav ebe e
natthemi ll
,Ibe l
ieve.Shewor ksinthe
t
hedeadboyunderanyc i
rcumstanc
es.
” off
icetheremostmor nings.
”
4)Al iceSmal l
.Alicei sanat tractiveblondgi lwho AboutAl
r ice
appe arss eve ralyearsol derthanhe r13s umme rs.
“Alic
e ?Whatc oul dy ouwi sht oknowabouthe r?
AboutHe rBr other’
sDi sappe ar ance She ’
saf i
negi r l,ifabi trestl
e ss.She ’
sal sovery
generouswi thhe re arnings.Many ’
st hedays he’
ll
“Isawmybr otherlas tont heThur sdaymor ning c omehomewi t hane xt r
abitofbr e adf rom the
befor eIwe ntt odot os omes hoppi ng,s i
nceIdi d bake r’sorme atf rom t hebut che r’s.”
nothav etowor katt hemi llthatday .Iknewt hat 6)Cat he r
ineDonal dson.As i
ngl ewoman
aft
e rwar dhewe ntawaywi tht hedai ryman,wi t
h r esi
dingat1 5Dunt onRoad,hal f-a-mi lefrom
whom hewasagr eatf av ourite.” GrangeWal kwhe r
et hepr isone rs ayst heboyl eft
him.Shehashunc he ds houlde rs,thick
He rRe lationswi thSamue lGr i
ggst hedai r
yman s pectacl
e s,andape eringgaz e.Fr om t he s
ethr ee
fac
t s
,thei nve stigator smayde duc ethats hehas
“My s el
fIf indSam –Mr .Gr iggs–hands ome,but di f
ficult
ys eeing,andt hatwi thouthe rs pe ct
acles,
toof ami l
iar .Hemake sunwant edadv ancestoall s hemi sident i
fie danot herdairymanandas si
stant
theloc algir ls.Ionc eac c ompani edhi m athis asSamue lGr iggsandJohnSmal l.
wor k,buts oonr e
alize dt hathewasnots omeoneI
caredt obewi th.” He rEy e
wi tnes sAc count
5)JaneandElizabet
hSmal l
,thelatt
e rknownto “ OnWe dnesdaynightIs l
e ptatmys ister
’shouse
herfr
iendsasLizorLizz
ie.Neit
he rthe11-y
ear-
oldinPe ckham.Thef ollowingmor ningIr e
turned
gi
rlnorhermot herknowanymor eaboutthe viatrain,andf r
om the ncewal kedhome ,and
cri
met hanthe
yhav ebeentol
d. arrivedt he
reabout1 0mi nut esto10.Itookmy
jacketoffandbe gant ocleanmys pectacl
es,
whi c
hhadgot tendus t
yfrom t hejourney,and
thenwe nttothedoorandrece
ivedthemi l
k mor ning.Athal fpas tfouronSat ur daymor ni
ngI
from t
heboy .Themilkmanremainedwi t
hthe decide dtot akeal ookr oundthec oac hhous eand
cart
.Thepol i
ceaskedmetov i
ewt hebodyat seet hatallwasr i
ght .Now,Is toodont hev ery
themor tuar
y,andIident
if
ieditasthesame spotwhe r
et hebodywasf oundandIc ans wear
boy.” thatnotat hingIdi ds eethere.Lat er–abouthal f
pasts even–Iwasappr oachedbyamananda
6)EleanorSiddal
.Anat
trac
tiv
ey oungwif
e boywi t
hat aleoff indingabut che re dbody .I
andmot her
,ne wl
ymovedtothearea.She returne dtot hes table-yardwitht hel ad,s ending
val
idatesGri
ggs’f
irs
tmovementsonSaturday themant ot hes tat i
onf orthec hiefc ons table,
morning. whoc ames hor tlywi tht hepol
ic es urge on.The y
unc overedt hebodyandt ookphot ogr aphsoft he
Se
eingGr
iggsonSat
urdayMor
ning bodyandoft hear eaar oundit."
“Iwe ntoutaboutaquar t
erpas tfiv
eon Appr
ehe
ndi
ngGr
iggs
Saturdaymor ning,ands awt hemanne xtdoor
comi ngoutoft hegateleadingf r
om hi sown “
Thepris
onercamequi
etl
y.Heshowe
dno
hous e.Hewe ntdownt hes treetandt urnedin s
urpr
iseatbei
ngarr
est
ed,ande
venseeme
dto
thedi re
ctionofthestables.Whe nIt oldthisto e
xpecti
t.
”
thede tect
ives
,theytookmet ov iewthe
pri
s oner,andIi de
ntifi
edhi m asbe i
ngt heman 1 0)Chi efCons tabl eNagl e .Awi ry,mi ddl e-age d
Isaw. ” manwi thaf ormi dabl emus tac he .Unl e s
st he
inv es t
igat orsc anc oe r
c eorbr ibeanot her
7)Mr .Whi tl
ock.Gr i
ggs ’e mpl oyeri sas tout, me mbe roft hef or c e,theymus tappr oacht he
shor t,r ed- whiske redands ole mnl yr espe c t
able Chi efCons tablet ogai nac ce sst ot hepol i
c e
pe rs
on. phot ogr aphsoft hec rimes ce ne .The
phot ogr aphss howt hehor r i
ficc ondi t
ionoft he
Gr i
ggs ’ Mov eme nt sonFr idayandSat ur day bodybutpr ov i
denoc lue st ot hemur de rer’
s
ide nt i
ty .TheChi e fCons tabl emaybet hef i
rs t
“Inde e d,t hemanwaske ptl at eonFr iday pe rsont ome ntiont hef latsabov et hes table s,
printingbut terforSat ur day ’smar ke t.I unl es st hei nv estigat orshav eal r eadys eent he
stoppe dt oobs erv ethewor k,ands awhi m flatsf ort he ms elv es .
har dati tasus ual .Ididnots tayt owat chhi m,
buti fhehadr ushe dthej obors t oppe di te arly Aboutt heCr i
meSc ene
thens ure lyIwoul dhav enot iced.It akegr eat
pridei nt hequal ityofourpr oduc t
s.Hear r
ived “Foronc ethene ws pape rsdonote xagge rate.I t
towor kasus ualonSat ur daymor ning, wasat erribles ight–ay oungboyr ippe dt o
bringi ngs omebot tlesandc ansf orc l
e ani ng.” pi ece s.Themur de r ermi ghtbeat ruef iendt o
hav edones uc hat hi ng.Ce rtainl yhes e e
mst o
8)Pol iceCons tableSi mps on.As talwar t hav ethev e rypowe rsofdar kne s st ohav ec ar ri
ed
cons tabl eofav erageint ellige nce.The hi sfoulpac kageuns eent hr ought hes treets.The
invest igator smaynot i
c et hatBr ook’ ss tory stabl el adsandal lt hev isitorst ot hey ardpr ofess
doe snotmat chthatoft hec ons table ;Br ook tot alignor anc e,ande v ent hei nhabi tant soft he
said“ Idi dnotknowi t[ thebody ]wasc utupor f latsov ert hes tabl e sc anpr ov i
denot hingbe tter.
”
injure d”buthes lippe dupandt ol dt he
police mant hatthebodyhadbe e n“ but che red” 11)Dr .Le wis .At al l,respe ctabl emanwi th
(inthi sc as e,ape rfectlyac c urates tate me nt). gr ayinghai r.Thei nv es ti
gat or sc anappr oac hhi m
fort hef ullme dicalr epor taswe llasav i
e wingof
Ear l
ySat ur dayMor ning thec or pse,t hebr e adkni fefrom t heGr i
ggs
home ,andt hebl oodyc anv asf r om Gr iggs’st able.
"Myt imei sf r
om mi dni ghtt oe i
ghti nt he
TheCor
pse showadi s
t i
nc t
iv emar k–butnos uc h
corre spondi ngmar ke xists.Fur the rmor e,the
“Thec aus eofde athwasmul tipl ev ertically -placed c har acter i
stic soft hisbl adedonotpr ec i
selyf it
pe ne tratingi njur iest ot hec he st–ones tabwound the w ou nd s. I can n otsa y tha tt
h e p risoner d id
int hemi ddl eoft hel ef
tbr e as tandanot he rwound nots layt heboy ,buti fhedi ds ot he nt hebr ead
slightlyhi ghe ri nt her ightbr eas t.Thewoundi n kn i
fe was n ot the kn i
fe h e used .
”
ther ightbr eas twasc ert ainl yt hef inis hingbl ow,
struc kwi ths uc hf orc ethatt hekni fet ippe ne trated TheBl oodyCanv as
thev i
c tim’ sbac k.Conv e rsely ,thewoundi nt hel e
ft
br east,whi lee nought oki ll,wasc ertainl ynot “Thec anv ast ake nf rom Gr i
ggs’s tabl ebayi s
de liveredwi thasmuc hf or ce .The sef acts,i n staine d w i
th w ha t isce rtainly huma n blood .
addi tiont ot hec onv exityofe ac hwound,of fer Howe ver,thi sdoe snotappe artobet hec anv as
sev eralpat hsf ors pe cul ation.Thev ict im mayhav e onwhi cht heboywasdi s me mbe re d,f orthe
change dpos itionsbe twe ene achwound,t he bloo d origin a tes in on e relativel
y s ma l
l l
ocat ion–
mur de rermayhav es wi tche dt hekni fef rom hi s youc ans eet hes platteroft hedr opsast he y
rightt ohi sl efthand,or–pe rhapsmor el ike l
y– struc k t
h e ca n vas – a nd then trave led in on e
eac hwoundwass truc kbyadi ff
e rentpe rson. ” direc ti
ononl y,mor elikear ivert hanapool .Thi s
indic atestomet hatt hebodyf ellbac kwar dor
“Thedi sme mbe rme ntoc c
ur redpos t-mor tem and w as p l
ace d o n a tab leo r oth erab ov e-g round
ve rylike lyaf te rr i
gormor tishaddi ssipat ed, platfor m.The ret hebl oodwasal lowe dt or unof f
pe rhapsadayormor eaf t
e rde ath.Bot hhi sl egs on es ide an d d rip o nto th e canvas ,w h ichmu s t
hadbe enhac ke dof fandl ai dbe s i
det hebody ,all hav ebe enhangi ngunde rneath–pe rhapsona
ofwhi c hwasf oundwr appe dupi nt heboy 'sc oat. hor i
z ontalt abl es uppor tors omeot he robj ect.”
Par tsoft heabdome nhadbe enr emov edandt he
he arthadbe e npl uc ke doutandt hrus tunde rt he 1 2)Chi efDe te ct
iv e-Ins pe ctorDav is.A
chi n.Ther ighte arhadal sobe enc utof f.” stereo typ i
ca l DI, h e has l
ittl
e ti
me ori nteres tin
theque stionsofpr ivatei nv esti
gat or s.Hebr us hes
“Ot he rt hant hedi s me mbe rme nt ,the rewe r eno them of ft ohi ss ubor di nat esifappr oac hed,and
unus ualbr uis es,abr asions ,orot he ri ndi cationsof w i
lls hare little in f
o rma ti
o n.
violenc e,thought het oyhor sei nt hev ictim’ sc oat
poc ke twasbr oke ni ns ev eralpl ac e
sasi fi thad Dav is ’
sSus pe cts
be ens t eppe don.The rear enopi ecesmi s sing.”
“I’
llte l
ly out hisf ornot hi ng,s i
rs.Youc anl eav e
TheCl othe s T homa sS ma llo u to fyo u rinqu i
rie s.O u r
inqui rieshav el oc atedal lofhi spas s enge rsfor
“Thedamaget ot hev ictim’ sc l
ot hes–bot hc ut s T hurs day ,giv ing h im an al
ib if
or th e time h isl ad
andbl oods tains–c orre spondpr ecise lywi tht he we ntmi ssing. ”
kni fewounds .Hewasc ertai nl yundr e ssed–s ave
forhi sdr awe rsands t
oc kings–andt he n “Gr i
ggsi sourman,t obes ure,andt he
mut i
lat ed.Ther estofhi sat tire–apl aid circums tant iale vide nc ewi llconv ict.Nodoubthe
kni cke rboc ke rs ui t,foot we ar ,c ap,andunde rshirt had some s ec rett hat th e l
a dd i
sco v ered–a
–waswr appe di nhi stopc oatal ongwi tht hebody . mi stress,orac rimi nalde ed,ors omes uch.He
Abr oke nwoode nt oyhor sewasal soi nhi sc oat didt hede edi namome ntofr ageandt hen,hi s
poc ke t.Asf arasIknow,not hi ng’smi s si
ng. ” mi nd i
n f
lame d by read ing the rep orts o fthe
Whi te chape ltrage dies,hei mi t
ate dt hewor kof
TheBr eadKni fe the fiend i
n or der to d i
s gu i
se his h an d.It’
s cle arl
y
evide ntify ou’ l
lbutl ookatt hefac ts.”
“Youc anc l
e arlys e et hatt hebr e adkni fei n
que stionhasas e rrat edbl ade .Hadi tbe enus e don RESOLVEAWARD:Whe nt heinv estigatorshav e
thev i
c tim,t heabr as ionsl eftont her ibss houl d foll
owe dupwi tht hel e ads ,awar dt he me ac h
threepoi ntsofRe solv e.
SCENE4:THESTABLE-YARD
Thes table-y ar di sthepr imar ys c e ne,anda

gr eatde alofi nfor mat i
onc anbegl eane df r
om
thisar ea.They ar downe rsc laimi tt obet he
large sti nBe rmonds ey,andi tinc lude s
mul tiplepl ainy e l
lowbr ickbui ldi ngs,wi tha
tackr oom,c oac h- hous e,pr ov ende rs tore,
‘
hor sehos pit al,’andf ours tabl ebl ockswi th
room f or1 62hor ses.Thes tabl ebay shous e
de li
v er yhor s esf orloc albus i
ne s se s,andt he
coac h- hous ehass pacef ors e ver alc artsand
car riage s.Li kemanys table s,the rear ec heap
flatsabov et hec ar ri
agehous eands tabl es
.
The sear eus e dbys taffandc anber ent edby Cl
ue6:TheI
mpr
ess
ioni
ntheEar
th
tenant swi llingt oabi det henoi s eands me l
ls.
Le adsc anc omef rom e xami ningt hel oc ati
on Lead1:Iss
omethi
ngburi
edhere?
whe ret hebodywasdi scov er ed,i nv estigati
ng Lead2:Wassomethi
ngheavys
toredhere
?
Gr iggs ’stabl ebay ,andt alkingt ot hes table Lead3*:Wassomeoneorsome
thingly
ingor
lads .Thei nv e stigatorsmayas kf ourque sti
ons for
ceddownhere?
oft hes table -yards taff
,andc anas kan
addi tionalf ourque sti
onsbyr aisingt heThr eat Cl
ue7:Dr i
edBloodThatRanDownt
heBac
k
Me ter. Walloft
heStal
l
Whe
ret
heBodywasFound Lead1:Thebloodisf r
om ani nj
uredhor se
rubbi
ngagainstthewal l.
Obs ervationhe refindsas l
ightde press
ionin Lead2:Thebloodi sfrom thebutcher'
sapron.
thee arthwhe ret hebodyf ell
,int hec orner Lead3*:Thebloodi sfrom somethingthatwas
betwe enas tablewal landt hec oac h-
house hangi
ngonape g.
door .Sincei thasbe enpr ove nt hatthebody
didnotl iehe reforv erylong,t he remaybe Clue8:Bl oodSt ainsont heCe il
ingBoar dsAbove
anot herwayt oac countf ort hede press
ion.The Gr iggs
’ StableBay
scenehasnotbe enc ordone dof f,andboot
pri
nt sar ee vidente verywhe re . Le ad1:Pe rhapst hebl oods pl
att
e rofthemur der
spr aye
dt heboar ds .
Griggs ’
St ableBay Le ad 2*:P er
h aps theroom abov ewast heactual
mur dersite.
Thes t
ruc t
ur eoft hehor sebayi s Le ad 3:P er
h apst hebodywasdr agge dtothe
unre mar kabl e,onlydifferingf rom i t
s stablebayaf terthemur de randbl oodsprayedto
neighbor si nmi norway s–s uchass li
ght makei tlookasi ft hemur derwasc ommi t
ted
variati
oni npl aceme ntofwal lpe gs, he re.
cleanl
iness,amountofhay ,ands oon–but
thesediff
ere nc
e saddnothingt othe Iftheinvesti
gatorsinqui r
east owhos eflati
s
invest
igati
on.I ftheinvesti
gatorsvi
sitt
hebay abov eGri
ggs'stablebay ,almos tanyoft he
inthee ve
ni ngoratni ght,t
hehor sewil
lbe stable-
yardstaffcantellthe mt hattheflatis
presentandas tabl
eladwi llhavetoremov
eit JosephBr ook's
.Inv est
igatorswi shingtogai n
forthebayt obei nspecte
d. entrymays eekoutt hey ardowne rsandmakea
StatusRollagainstanAv erage( 3)Diff
iculty
.An
investi
gat
orat t
e mptingt obr eakintoBr ook'sfl
at
shouldbec auti
one dthataSt atuslossmaybei n
orderifanyonewi tnessesthee vent.
TheSt
abl
eLads ify ouas kme ,butt hi sonel ookst obemor e
ticklet hans lap.She ’
saf inef igur eofay oung
Thedut ie soff e edi ng,e xe rcising,gr oomi ng,and woman–bl onde ,s lim,andpe rhapss ixt ee nor
muc ki ngoutmaybet hes har e dore xc l
us ive se vent eeny ear s.I ’ves ee nhe rs l
ippi ngi nt ot he
respons ibi l
itiesoft hehor seowne rands table yar dandupt hos es tairsf oraf ewwe e ksnow–
boy s ,de pe ndingont heagr ee me nti npl ac e andIknows he ’
sgoi ngt os e ehi m be c aus et he y
be twe ent hes tabl e -y ar dandt hehor s e-owne r. ar en’tal way ss oc ar efult oc los et he irwi ndows ,if
Mr .Whi tlock( dai ry )andMr .Pe nn( but che r)bot hy ouknowwhatIme an.The ns he ’sonl yt he refor
hav et he irbay smanage de xc lus i
v elybyt hey ard ac oupl eofhour sbe fores he ’sgoneagai n.Don’ t
staf f
,s ot he ire mpl oy e es( Gr iggsandBr ook, knowhe rname ,butI ’
dknowhe rf ac ef ors ur e.”
respe ct i
v e l
y)donotne edt omuc koutt hes tallor
cleant hehor seandi tsl e athe r s.Thef actt hat AboutWhi tloc k’shor s e
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int hes table -yar dt o‘ dis cov er’thebody–s houl d “ Wec lean,f e ed,andmuc koutaf te rt hedai ry
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s .Wedon’ t
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sehi m muc h,s inceMr .Gr iggsc allsf or
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igat or
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what e v ermuc kingoutandbr us hingne edsdoi ng,
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the re about s.Someowne r sar epar t icularaboutt he
muc ki ngorc l
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stabl ebayonl ywi thno‘ frills’-ands ohav et heir
ar chwayt ot hes tabl e-yar dandgoi ngupt he
ownme ndot hos ec hor es ,butt he rear en’ tmanyas
stai rsinonec orne rt or eac hav er yl ongc or ridor
suc h.Ot he rsdon’ tc omes oe arlyands owec an
line dwi t
hc oc onutmat ting.Al lther oomsar eon
leav et he mf oraf t
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thes ideov erlooki ngt hey ar d.I tiswe llt rav e l
ed,
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oc k,unl essone
andt he rei snoc hanc eoff i
ndi ngt heboy ’
s
ofusi sne ede df ors ome thi ng.”
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andi sv eryc los et owhe ret hebodywasf ound–
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notdi rectlyabov et hatl oc at ion,butonef lat
away ,wi thint os singdi stanc ef oramus cul arman
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s e,andmuc koutaf te rol’
likehi m.
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de live ry .The nwedon’ te xe rc i
sei tt hatday .He
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v es
abov e .Oh,andMr .Pe nnke epsac ar tint he
Thei nv estigat or smaybes ome whatf ami liarwi th
coac h- hous e.”
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thef l
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