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What do I do with the translated letter?
1 of 6: According to the maid's story (in the translated letter to her mother), she saw James Blackwood burying his wife's body outside of the mansion. What information does the maid's letter provide, relative to that fateful night?
2 of 6: In the maid's letter, she mentions a date -- April, 1963...
3 of 6: ...and also mentions the fact that she had taken pictures of what she saw that night...
4 of 6: ...pictures that she has hidden under a loose floorboard beneath her bedside table.
5 of 6: Go to the maid's room, and look for the loose board beneath the bedside table. (It will not be there until you have read the translated letter telling about it.)
6 of 6: Look at the photograph that apparently shows James Blackwood burying the body of his wife, Catherine.
