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The Colonel's Bequest Hints
What about 9:00?
1 of 20: Get the poker from the library floor.
2 of 20: Read magazine on the table in the library.
3 of 20: Search Wilbur's body in stable or chapel for the monocle.
4 of 20: Use monocle to look closely at the poker and the hanky
5 of 20: Interview Fifi in Fifi's room.
6 of 20: +Spy on Rudy and Clarence in Rudy's room
7 of 20: +Check on Fifi and Rudy fighting in Fifi's room.
8 of 20: Get the cane from the floor of a secret passage.
9 of 20: Spy on Henri in Henri's room. (He can walk!)
10 of 20: Visit Celie's house, knock on the door, and sit down.
11 of 20: Interview Celie, she knows a lot! (Ask about Rudy.)
12 of 20: Remeber to take the carrot from Celie too!
13 of 20: Oil the bell in the old bell tower.
14 of 20: Pull bell ring with cane. (Stand safetly to one side!)
15 of 20: Examine bell, and take the crank.
16 of 20: Feed the carrot to Blaze, and then get the lantern.
17 of 20: +Interview Gloria in the billiard room.
18 of 20: Use key from Henri's cannon to ride to attic.
19 of 20: Read the newspapers, look in trunk at boots, and then insignia.
