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Authors: Jesse Ball
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a. 6' 1” tall, weight approximately 180 lbs., clean shaven, 32 years old.
c. curiously enough did not go to get an ambulance when McHale was dying.
d. appears to have killed a man in Estrainger's apartment building by throwing him bodily from a window (defenestration).
e. 's reasons for doing the above are unclear. d, e. has a clean criminal record.
f. is a mnemonist by trade. Might therefore be useful to us.
h. has a nondriver ID that says his eyes are gray. Therefore, cannot operate an automobile?
i. has no debts, no friends, acquaintances, wife, children.
k. is okay to look at, but certainly not handsome.
l. has never voted, for instance.
m. can act rashly if forced to it. Witness: d.
p. rarely writes things down. You are the recipient of one specimen of his writing (sample a.: napkin). Strangely enough, a search of his house yielded no other samples of writing.
I took his wallet and gave it back to him. Should I not have? Given it back, I mean.
Grieve
----
The Book of the House
James folded the letter and replaced it in the envelope. Why give such a letter to him? Why send the girl to follow him anyway if she was prone to lying? She hadn't lied in her report. Maybe she never lied to her father. That could be true.
And they had searched his house? When had they had time to do that?
He sat down at the reading table. His thoughts ran back over his conversation with McHale number two. What was wrong with it? He tried to think over McHale's logic.
There were several holes.
The book of the house was on the table in front of him. James picked it up and opened it at random.
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rule 37
It is necessary when proceeding from hall to hall and along the stairways never to speak with anyone you see, aside from servants. Should you wish to speak to someone, ring the bell that has been provided to you. Everyone in the vicinity will stop his or her movements. Count then to fifteen and approach the other person, giving them time to gather their thoughts. Then you may pose your question or voice your concern.
Also, a better method of interaction is afforded by the system of note-sending. All the rooms of the house are provided with a small mail shelf on the near wall beside the door. Simply place your note on the shelf, and it will be received and responded to at the person's leisure. If you suspect that the person is within the room, and you are leaving a note when time is of the essence, you may knock once upon the door knocker.
See rule 14 for the particularities of the use of the door knocker.
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The light coming through the window was quite pleasant. He wondered if the glass had anything to do with it. Often he had wondered about the effect of glass on a room. He had even thought of writing a monograph on it, for he had been a reclusive young boy, given to long hours of study, and seldom, if ever, playing with others. Such a monograph, though he did not in fact write it, would have been typical of his occupation during those countless solitary hours. In fact, from the monograph, which, I grant you, does not exist, we could extrapolate much that would be useful in considering James's psychology. What are his feelings for thin glass? For thick? In what ways does he characterize light? Into how many categories? A monograph, in fact, might be written to interpret the first monograph. However, as we have said, neither has been written.
James turned to rule 14.
----
rule 14
The door knockers, in relation to private rooms.
no. of knocks; function.
1: announcement of note.
2: announcement of prearranged visit. 1 + 2: maid service.
3: announcement of sudden visit (discouraged).
2 + 2: emergency, fire, etc.
----
There was a knock then at the door. Just one.
James went to the door and opened it. No one was there. Upon the shelf outside the door, however, there was a note.
It said:
----
I will visit you in what might be considered the seventh hour of afternoon, or the first
a. 6' 1” tall, weight approximately 180 lbs., clean shaven, 32 years old.
c. curiously enough did not go to get an ambulance when McHale was dying.
d. appears to have killed a man in Estrainger's apartment building by throwing him bodily from a window (defenestration).
e. 's reasons for doing the above are unclear. d, e. has a clean criminal record.
f. is a mnemonist by trade. Might therefore be useful to us.
h. has a nondriver ID that says his eyes are gray. Therefore, cannot operate an automobile?
i. has no debts, no friends, acquaintances, wife, children.
k. is okay to look at, but certainly not handsome.
l. has never voted, for instance.
m. can act rashly if forced to it. Witness: d.
p. rarely writes things down. You are the recipient of one specimen of his writing (sample a.: napkin). Strangely enough, a search of his house yielded no other samples of writing.
I took his wallet and gave it back to him. Should I not have? Given it back, I mean.
Grieve
----
The Book of the House
James folded the letter and replaced it in the envelope. Why give such a letter to him? Why send the girl to follow him anyway if she was prone to lying? She hadn't lied in her report. Maybe she never lied to her father. That could be true.
And they had searched his house? When had they had time to do that?
He sat down at the reading table. His thoughts ran back over his conversation with McHale number two. What was wrong with it? He tried to think over McHale's logic.
There were several holes.
The book of the house was on the table in front of him. James picked it up and opened it at random.
----
rule 37
It is necessary when proceeding from hall to hall and along the stairways never to speak with anyone you see, aside from servants. Should you wish to speak to someone, ring the bell that has been provided to you. Everyone in the vicinity will stop his or her movements. Count then to fifteen and approach the other person, giving them time to gather their thoughts. Then you may pose your question or voice your concern.
Also, a better method of interaction is afforded by the system of note-sending. All the rooms of the house are provided with a small mail shelf on the near wall beside the door. Simply place your note on the shelf, and it will be received and responded to at the person's leisure. If you suspect that the person is within the room, and you are leaving a note when time is of the essence, you may knock once upon the door knocker.
See rule 14 for the particularities of the use of the door knocker.
----
The light coming through the window was quite pleasant. He wondered if the glass had anything to do with it. Often he had wondered about the effect of glass on a room. He had even thought of writing a monograph on it, for he had been a reclusive young boy, given to long hours of study, and seldom, if ever, playing with others. Such a monograph, though he did not in fact write it, would have been typical of his occupation during those countless solitary hours. In fact, from the monograph, which, I grant you, does not exist, we could extrapolate much that would be useful in considering James's psychology. What are his feelings for thin glass? For thick? In what ways does he characterize light? Into how many categories? A monograph, in fact, might be written to interpret the first monograph. However, as we have said, neither has been written.
James turned to rule 14.
----
rule 14
The door knockers, in relation to private rooms.
no. of knocks; function.
1: announcement of note.
2: announcement of prearranged visit. 1 + 2: maid service.
3: announcement of sudden visit (discouraged).
2 + 2: emergency, fire, etc.
----
There was a knock then at the door. Just one.
James went to the door and opened it. No one was there. Upon the shelf outside the door, however, there was a note.
It said:
----
I will visit you in what might be considered the seventh hour of afternoon, or the first
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