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The Colonel's Bequest Hints
What about 8:00?
1 of 16: Get hanky outside Gerties room.
2 of 16: Check in Getie's room, and look out of the window.
3 of 16: Discover Gertie's body outside the billiard room.
4 of 16: +Visit Celie and Lillian in the kitchen, look at the rolling pin.
5 of 16: Get the soup bone from the refrigerator in the kitchen.
6 of 16: Give the bone to dog outside, search the doghouse, get the necklace.
7 of 16: Return the necklace to its rightful owner, Celie.
8 of 16: Tell Lillian about Gertie.
9 of 16: Look at derringer in the glass case in the study.
10 of 16: Look at the dagger in the cabinet in the study.
11 of 16: +Find Clarence and Wilbur outside study, and follow them.
12 of 16: Spy on Clarence and Wilbur in the dining room
13 of 16: Get the crackers from the cellar.
14 of 16: Give cracker to Polly in the parlor.
15 of 16: +Interview on Wilbur in the library.
16 of 16: +Spy on Gloria and Clarence in the billiard room
