![]() He claimed they were paintings by Monet - or was it Manet? As Alphonse always says, "Monet. ![]() ![]() But this year his business is on its last legs due to the questionable authenticity of several Impressionist works he sold to Mr. Last year he almost made a killing in Paris when he produced what he swore were the missing appendages of the Venus de Milo. Monseiur Brunette: A man of many talents, many accents - many passports - Monseiur Alphonse Brunette deals in art and arms. Last week, in the middle of a sceance, she "saw" a dark, ominous cloud decending on Boddy Manor and took a tramp steamer from Budapest in order to warn her old employer. Boddy's eccentric former secretary, Rhoda Rosengarten changed her name when she moved to Hungary to hang out her shingle as a medium. Madame Rose: This Hungarian psychic's come a long way from East Grinstead - Mr. But why does the Professor clam up whenever anywone digs into his past? He knows just where to unearth a prehistoric skeleton to rival the Piltdown Man - he says he can feel it in his bones. Professor Plum: Archeologist of dubious distinction makes frequent expeditions to political hot spots - Edgar Plum, Ph.D., head of the Archeology Department at a correspondence school, came to the manor to solicit financing for a bone-hunting expedition to an un-named Middle Eastern country. P have her eye on more than just the grebe? Boddy to create a bird sanctuary by donating his entire estate to the Peacock Salvation Society, of which she is the founder and sole member. Having spotted a pair nesting near the manor house, she came to beseech Mr. Peacock: An ornithologist whose specialty is birds of prey - After single-handedly saving the loggerhead shrike from extinction, amateur ornithologist Henrietta Peacock next turned her beady eye on the pied-bill grebe. Did he make him an offer he couldn't refuse? ![]() He figured he'd get out of the jam with Mr. Green: Generally conducts business pool-side acquired his lucky pinky ring as a "consideration" - Thallo Green, reputed kingpin in the "family" business, is a whiz at the numbers, but finds himself dangerously short of cash at the moment. Trouble is, she's seen 'em when and where they weren't supposed to be comin' and goin.' Did she finally spy something that made her see red? White: Did she get that squint spying through keyholes? - The maid at Boddy Mansion since before the War - she won't divulge which one - Blanche White has seen 'em come and go. But why does Mustard sleep with a revolver under his pillow? Boddy on a matter of grave importance, or so he says. The Colonel has traveled halfway around the world to see Mr. D.S.O., B.E.F., Q.E.I.: Distinguished himself behind the lines at the battle of Khyber Pass a crack shot - Algernon Mustard, late of the Bengal Lancers, held regimental honors as a marksman with both elephant gun and small caliber pistol after he was mustered out, he stayed on in the Punjab. But could the price of gold be murder?Ĭolonel Mustard - Ret. After reading a how-to piece in the Society of Fortune Hunters Quarterly, she decided to try her hand at gold digging.
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