Nancy Drew 28: Ghost of Thornton Hall Hints

Third Note: "A flower is a joy ... "

  • 1 of 11: This one, which is called "Flower Note" in your inventory, is on the table after you wake up after you explore one of the hidden areas in the cellar --
  • 2 of 11: -- behind the rack of bottles.
  • 3 of 11: This particular bit of doggerel won't be of any use to you until you get into the crypt.
  • 4 of 11: You can ignore the first two lines; they're just for atmosphere.
  • 5 of 11: As for the rest of it, you can follow that part pretty much directly, with some allowance for poetic imagery.
  • 6 of 11: For instance, when it tells you to "Gather your dried petals where immortality resides," there are some dried-out flowers inside the crypt. You can't take just the petals, so take the whole flowers.
  • 7 of 11: Next, it says, "Place a flower where she stands before the stone turns to dust." Outside the crypt, there's a statue of a woman with her hand held out. Go put the flowers in her hand.
  • 8 of 11: Nothing seems to happen except she drops the flowers and you can't put them back. Now what?
  • 9 of 11: The last line says, "Away and back to earn her trust." So back away from the statue and go back inside the crypt, then come back out.
  • 10 of 11: This time, look very closely at the pedestal the statue is on, and you'll see a piece of paper that wasn't there before. (You can only see it when you're on the path from the crypt.) That piece of paper --
  • 11 of 11: -- is the design for one of the coffins in the crypt, and the drawing shows you which coffin.