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The Colonel's Bequest Hints
What about 7:00?
1 of 17: Watch Lillian freshen up in bathroom.
2 of 17: Spy on Ethel and Lillian in Laura's room.
3 of 17: Smell the air in the secret passage.
4 of 17: Interview Ethel in Lillian's room while she's sober.
5 of 17: Look at hanky in Ethel's hand.
6 of 17: +Spy on Henri and Fifi in Henri's room.
7 of 17: Look at the doctor's bag in Wilbur's room.
8 of 17: Look at Henri's cigar in Henri's room.
9 of 17: Get oilcan and crowbar from carriage house.
10 of 17: Get bible from board near pulpit in chapel, and read names.
11 of 17: +Interview Gertie in the parlor while she's alive.
12 of 17: Look at the decanter.
13 of 17: Spy on Gertie and Clarence in the parlor.
14 of 17: Interview Clarence in the parlor.
15 of 17: +Spy on Rudy and Gloria in the billiard room.
16 of 17: Oil helmet of armor and open helmet to get valve handle.
17 of 17: +Check on Gertie sleeping in Gertie's room
