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Nancy Drew and the Secret of Shadow Ranch Hints
How do I translate these tally marks next to the sink?
1 of 10: Tally marks usually indicate numbers.
2 of 10: Try thinking of them as numbers.
3 of 10: That comes out to 21 14 4 5 16 2 1 14 11 12 1 13 16.
4 of 10: Does anything seem faintly familiar about that?
5 of 10: Dirk used a string of numbers in one of his letters to Frances, remember?
