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Hello again, fellow mystery files. Today

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I have a seasonally appropriate review

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of a rather spooky mystery novel, The

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Hollow Man, aka The Three Coffins by

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John Dixon Carr, and starring Gideon

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Fel, celebrating its 90th anniversary in

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2025. I always call this book the hollow

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man, but I did notice in doing research

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here that three coffins seems to be the

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preferred title nowadays, at least in

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the US. And this is perhaps the best

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well-known fell novel. Certainly an

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iconic entry into the worlds of

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detective fiction. And you know, I have

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not yet ranked all the current novels

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for this channel, but I wanted to cover

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this one now because it was so perfect

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for Halloween and I didn't want to miss

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the opportunity. And this is so spooky

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and creepy. It's really very delightful.

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And you know, if you don't know Carr, he

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is an American/British

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writer famous for locked rooms and

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impossible crimes. His murder mechanics

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are really just like outrageously

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complicated most of the time. And a car

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novel's quality more or less hinges, pun

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intended, if you know, solely on how

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credible and interesting the solutions

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are. The hollow man has a lot more going

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for it beyond the solution. But in

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general, I find that to be the case. And

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you know, Gideon Fel is eccentric. He

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has a wife who I don't believe we ever

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see. And it's easy to forget she exists,

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but apparently she's even more eccentric

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than he is. And Fel is a historian, a

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lexographer, meaning he writes

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dictionaries. And my personal favorite

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thing about him is his wild

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exclamations. He shouts when he's

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surprised. Oh, My Ancient Hat is my

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favorite of these. He is probably, or at

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least rumored, to be based on GK

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Chesterton. But as always, I will have a

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spoiler-free summary up until the point

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of the murderer reveal, at which time I

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will warn you it's coming, so you can

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back out if you need to. Spoilers will

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be fair game from that point forward.

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The Hollow Man/The Coffins begins a

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little unusually here. The third person

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narrator preps us for what is to come.

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The narrator lets us know there are two

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murders and each of these murders, the

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killer just completely disappeared

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inexplicably. The killer seemingly

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disappeared despite the circumstances

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not allowing for a clear getaway. The

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killer is known as the hollow man

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because his disappearance has led people

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to believe there is nothing under the

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mask he wears or under the hat or under

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the coat and that he is nothing but a

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hollow shell. We're also told that

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certain witnesses and they are named to

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the events are 100% telling the truth.

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They are not lying. We're also told,

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this story is told in sort of like

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pieces and they have to be stitched

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together to form the proper tale. We

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begin at a local pub where Professor

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Grimaugh is hanging out with some of his

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friends when they are approached by this

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very odd man who does bear an odd

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resemblance to the hollow man. This man

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says he is Pierre Fle illusionist and

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that he and his brother can float out of

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their graves and that his brother is

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looking for the professor and will pay

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him a visit with the implication that

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this is a threat. Grimal is freaked out

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by this although he claims not to be.

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Fle also mentions something about three

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coffins in sort of like a riddle type

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fashion. We then skip forward a few

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days. Dr. Gideon Fel is having a little

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get together with Inspector now

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Superintendent Hayley who gets promoted

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from the last novel and a young friend

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named Ted Rample. Ted is friends with

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Boyd Mangan who is a reporter who was at

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the pub when this file person visited

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and Mangan is also smitten with

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Grimald's daughter Rosette. Rample tells

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Fel and Hayley that this story about

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what happened at the pub because it's

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his only contribution to this

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criminology talk, which to be honest,

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it's not really his only contribution.

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He does appear in other novels, but

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anyway, Hipley dismisses this as

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nonsense, but Fel is interested and

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things have gotten even weirder in the

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days since. Grimmal has received the

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letters every day, but he angrily rips

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them up. In order to protect himself

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from Fle and his brother, Grimal has

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purchased a painting of a graveyard and

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this is completely irrational and why

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Fel has taken such an interest. Grimal

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is a rational man and this is an

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irrational response. Moreover, Ted says

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Mangan tracked down Fle's place of

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employment, which is this rundown

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repertoire theater in a bad

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neighborhood, and spoke to an acrobat

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named Paliachi the Great, who said Fle

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is a very good illusionist and is

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obsessed with coffins, and he keeps his

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gear in a box sized and shaped like a

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coffin. Fle also claimed that he and his

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two brothers were once buried alive, but

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only one managed to escape, and that one

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brother was not Pierre.

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Fel's gathering is taking place on the

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night of this potential visit. So, he,

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Ted, and Headley go to Grimmald's house

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despite all the snow on the ground. When

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they arrive, they see a figure jumping

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out of a window. And this person turns

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out to be Boyd Mangan, who said someone

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locked them in their rooms, and they

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heard a shot from Grimmalt's study. So,

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everyone runs and breaks open the study

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door, and there is Professor Grimml shot

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in the chest and blood everywhere. He is

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still alive but very clearly dying. And

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Hadley asked him if it was Fle who did

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this. But Grimmalt says no and then just

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like mumbles something about like still

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in the house which doesn't really make

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sense. He mumbles other words as well.

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Medical help arrives and they take

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Grimal away. There is blood on the sofa

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which is not where they found Grimal and

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that creepy painting of the graveyard

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has been slashed. And it's noted the

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slashes look very natural because the

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painting is a horror to begin with.

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Hadley still isn't buying a lot of the

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fle stuff or that the murderer is still

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in the house, but the only ways out of

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the house are the study

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through the study door into the hall

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through the window which is ruled out

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because the snow is too high and it's

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unbroken or through the study door. But

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Stuart Mills was there and he said no

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one exited through the door. And Steuart

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Mills is a young goblin looking man who

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is Grimmalt's secretary and is one of

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the witnesses we are specifically told

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is telling the truth. As Mills tells his

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story, Fel focuses on the fireplace and

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a set of books that have dust on them

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when others don't. But as Mills

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explains, Dr. Grimal told him he was

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going up to a study and didn't want to

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be disturbed. This was the normal

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routine, but Grimal said a visitor might

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show up at 9:30, and one did. The

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housekeeper, a Madame Dumont, let this

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tall man wearing a mask into the house.

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And she was totally creeped out by him.

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And the visitor was just rude and sort

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of barged his way into the study.

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Grandma seemed a bit surprised and

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confused by this visitor. He was

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supposed to be expecting, but then two

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went into the study and the door was

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locked from the inside. And yes, this is

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a locked room mystery. Madame Dumont

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says she was pushed out of the room.

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Mills constantly refers to her as a

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pythoness and she calls him a little

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boy. Like even in this dark and spooky

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novel, we still have some of the petty

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squables we so often get. But as for as

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much as these two don't seem to get

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along, they do pretty much back up each

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other's stories more or less. Madame

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Dumont seems particularly upset, and all

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she wants to do is go see Professor

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Grimal, but he dies before he dies. But

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Headley and Fel put her through the

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ringer. In short, Madame Duma appears to

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have been a former lover of Grimmal.

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They met when she worked as a customier

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at a Parisian opera house and she is

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Rosett's mother, but she doesn't like

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Fel poking around. But, you know, Fel is

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just like unperturbed and asks her some

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really odd questions about Seven Towers

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and what that painting is of and how

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it's about a country that doesn't exist.

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And it's all very weird, as you know,

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these novels tend to be. You know, if

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you're unfamiliar with Gideon Fel, the

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relationship between Fel and Hadley is

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basically the same as the relationship

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between Puro and Inspector You

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know, they're friendly, but the

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inspector gets easily irritated by the

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other and is often kept in the dark. But

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Madame Dumont doesn't know anything

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about anything, and then she just leaves

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the room. Fel, Hadley, and Rample

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discuss those cryptic last words that we

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get some more details about. each heard

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different random words and phrases like

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hover bath salts wine too much light

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something about suicide maybe or not

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suicide and a fox on a roof in the snow

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and something about a rope it's hard to

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discern here because each man heard

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different things and of course fel is

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adamant that what he heard is the

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correct words and he begins his

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explanation by saying Madame Dumont was

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mostly telling the truth but she did lie

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about a few things Madame Dumont by the

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way not one of the witnesses explicitly

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said to be telling the truth. Fel just

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rattles off what he knows, you know, as

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is his habit. He leaves everyone

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baffled. He says, "Dr. Grimmald's real

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name is Karoli Hov. It was Hov," he was

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saying, not Hover. And that's not French

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and neither is Madame Duma. He is

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Hungarian by way of Transylvania, which

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you know back then was part of Hungary,

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though even in the current day of the

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story is now part of Romania. and he had

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two brothers and all three were

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imprisoned in Transennylvania and forced

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to work in a salt mine. Not bath, salt

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or wine, salt mine. And the name of the

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prison translates to Seven Towers. And

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if you're wondering how Gideon Fel would

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know the name of a Hungarian prison near

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a salt mine, well, that's just the kind

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of thing he knows. But Fel seems to

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suggest that Dr. Grimmald must have done

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something to his two brothers as

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represented by three coffins. The

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implication is that Grimmald betrayed

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the other two during an escape and then

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fled to England. Although Fel doesn't

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actually say that, Fel suggests before

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Grimmald died, but after he was shot,

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Grimald exerted himself to the point

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where he worsened the wound because he

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wanted to burn incriminating papers

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about his past. And Madame Dumont knew

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all of this because she kept staring at

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the fireplace as if she wanted to make

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sure something was completely burned.

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Fel thinks Pierre Fle is one of the

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brothers, but thinks the shooter might

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be the other brother whom they call

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Henri because they don't know his name

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because the other brother was tall. Like

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the visitor in the pub was much taller

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than the one uh I'm sorry, the visitor

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to the house was much taller than the

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one who visited the pub. Fel and Hadley

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speak with Boyd Magnan and Rosette. And

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they claimed to have spoken with the

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visitor through a door, but they thought

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he was a man named Anthony Pettis, who

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is a friend of Grimalds, but it couldn't

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have been him because Pettis is way too

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short. But Rosette and Mangan's story

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mostly holds true. I mean, they heard

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the shot, but they were locked in the

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living room, so Boyd had to jump out of

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the window. Earlier in the evening,

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Rosette said she heard a loud thump, but

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that was before the visitor showed up.

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And when she looked out the window, she

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didn't see anything. But then she

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suddenly remembers something, but won't

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say what it is because she thinks the

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police won't believe her. Hadley

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actually does believe her and comes up

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with this idea that the murderer avoided

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leaving footprints in the snow by either

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just like being in the house already or

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by rigging a zipline from the roof. Fel

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knocks those down. Especially the

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zipline is just ridiculous. But then Fel

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Rosette why she thinks Mr. Draymond is

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guilty.

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Mr. Draymond is a poor friend of Grimmal

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who lives in the house. Madame Duma also

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hinted she thinks Draymond did it

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because Draymond wears a very similar

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mask as the visitors do and because he

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celebrates Guy Fox day a lot. He's a big

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like goes all out for Guy Fox Day the

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5th of November. And Draymond's two

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children died when they fell off a roof

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and one of them was born on Guy Fox day.

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So he goes all out for it. But Rosette,

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of course, doesn't answer that question

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either. Word comes in that Grimal has

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died from his wound. But before he died,

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he told the doctor his brother killed

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him, but passed out before he could say

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like what he wanted to say about that

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brother. But he did say the shooter just

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disappeared from the room. Fel tries to

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decipher the rest of the victim's

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cryptic words like fox. And now Fel

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isn't that suspicious of Draymond

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because he thinks the word fox really

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was fox as in guy fox. Don't blame poor

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Mr. Fox or Guy Fox. Grimal knew the mask

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was a Guy Fox mask, but also its wearer

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wasn't Mr. Draymond. And like, why would

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Mr. Draymond wear his own mask to commit

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a murder like that? It doesn't make

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sense. Mr. Draymond says he met Grimal

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in France. And Fel is just like, let's

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just skip all of this nonsense. Oh, we

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know who Grimal really is, so tell us

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the story correctly. And Draymond does.

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Draymond helped Grimal escape from

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prison. He was traveling in Europe when

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he came across three graves outside a

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prison. And this is what why I saved

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this novel for October. A hand popped

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out from one of the graves. Terrified,

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Draymond stayed still until an entire

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body came out, and that was Grimaugh.

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And Draymond took a nearby shovel and

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helped him out. As Grimal explained to

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Draymond, he and his two brothers were

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in prison for political purposes, but

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his two brothers contracted bubanic

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plague and died. With the help of the

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prison doctor, who was also an inmate,

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Grimalt faked his death via plague to

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escape. And this was easy because it was

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the plague and no one would have wanted

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to go near enough to the body to

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actually check. Because he was escaping,

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Grimald was buried with nail clippers to

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help break out of his coffin. Once he

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was free, he and Draymond left left the

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area where Draymond says they went to

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France with Madame Duma and then to

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England when Grimmal inherited a

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property. Fel asked if the grave was

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shallow, and it was. And he asked if the

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prison was in a nice part of the

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country, which Draymond doesn't

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remember, but he does know the prison

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was under intense scrutiny for letting

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the plague get out of hand. So, it

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wasn't in the government's good graces.

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But Fel isn't buying any of this either.

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He believes Draymond thinks this is

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correct. But what Fel really thinks

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happened is that the brothers were not

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in prison for political purposes, but

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for stealing large sums of money, hence

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this sudden inheritance. He thinks all

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the brothers faked bubanic plague and

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death got buried outside the prison in

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an escape attempt. However, when Charles

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GMA broke free with Mr. Draymond, he

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left the other two buried behind.

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Remember, he left the area quickly

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because he didn't want Draymond to hear

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banging from the other coffins because

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they were buried shallowly. Then,

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because the shovel was left behind,

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prison officials would have gone out and

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looked for it, and they would have heard

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the banging and the screaming from the

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other two brothers and dug them up.

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Because the prison was troubled, the

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officials never would have reported

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Charles Grimmald's escape. Charles moved

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to England and the other two brothers,

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Pierre Fle and Henri, uh they would have

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been returned to prison before and

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Hadley leave. They take Draymond's coat

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because it has blood on it, which he

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cannot explain. He says he took a

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sleeping pill and was asleep the entire

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night. The next morning, Ted Rampol

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tells his wife Dorothy all about this,

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and Dorothy has some ideas. Uh, she

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doesn't like Rosette and Mangan and

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thinks Rosette must be involved somehow.

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But she really suspects Mr. Pettis

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because he is so unlike the masked

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figure that arrived that that in itself

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is suspicious. But all of this is

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interrupted by Fel who announces there

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was another murder the previous night.

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In fact, Pierre Fle was shot dead in the

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middle of Calosto Street and his

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murderer too disappeared and did not

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leave any footprints in the snow. And

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three people witnessed this. Fle was

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murdered only about 15 minutes after

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Grammal was. And you, one would think

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you could rule out the people in the

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Grimmal house, but you can't. Uh, you

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can rule out Mills and Madame Dumont,

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but Rosette left the house in the

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ambulance with her father who was taken

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to a nursing home that borders Calosto

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Street, and Mangan and Draymond were

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absent for a long time.

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Our acrobat friend Paleiachi the Great,

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who is really an Irishman named Oor,

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came to identify the body. And he said

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Fle did show up for a performance that

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evening, but didn't go on and left

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because he was visiting his brother.

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It's not entirely clear where Pierre Fle

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was going when he was murdered, though.

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He did have rooms on Kyoso Street, but

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they were nowhere near where he was

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gunned down. Moreover, witnesses heard a

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tall fellow say, "The second bullet is

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for you." Just before he pulled the

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trigger, Mr. Dr. Pettis visits Dr. Feld,

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that is Grimald's short and clubfooted

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friend, and he is interested because he

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was at the pub the night Fle visited,

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and he gets a bit nervous because

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Headley says he's a suspect because he

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doesn't have like a true alibi. And

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Pettis says he was at the theater alone

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and then visited Gromalt's house, but

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then went to the nursing home when he

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learned he was shot. Pettis also

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mentions the snow and says that snow was

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not forecast in the weather report. This

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upsets Fel because Fel is thinking the

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snow is very important. Like previously

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he talked about how the murderer

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wouldn't be able to know for certain

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when the snow would stop. So clearly Fel

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is thinking something about the snow

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that he's not revealing to us. Pettis

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also tells them about Mr. Burnaby who is

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another friend of Grimmall's. He's the

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artist who painted the three grave

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paintings a few years back and Gmal

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bought it from him and then made a big

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deal about like wanting to pay for it

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when Bernabby was willing to give it to

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him for free and then like rolling it up

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and wrapping it in brown paper and all

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of that. Fel Hadley and Rample head to

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Calioso Street to search around and it

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much the same thing there. The murderer

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who they think is brother Henry just

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disappeared leaving no footprints. One

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of the sergeants guides them where it

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appears the murderer originally came

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from. And it's a small like dingy flat

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where they find some blood and a lot of

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like burglary equipment. And this gets a

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little bit cartoony here because these

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are all like weird gadgets like suction

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cup devices to help climb buildings and

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oddlooking ropes. Polychi the great/or

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is there and he tells them this isn't

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burglary equipment. This is gear for an

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illusionist. and describes all the

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different ways illusionists use these

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items in their acts and how the public

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knows they're illusions, but they get

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upset when they find out how the tricks

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work. He tells about how like

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illusionists appear to travel through

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keyholes and disappear when in reality

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they just change clothes and blend in

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with a crowd. The flat is rented by Mr.

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Burnaby, who is said to have a club foot

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as well. A lot of people with club feet

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here and it's not looking good for Mr.

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Burnaby. But Fel thinks he's innocent

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because he thinks Bernaby is playing

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detective and rented this small flat in

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the middle of a bad neighborhood to keep

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this a secret cuz he doesn't want his

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friends to make fun of him. Awfully

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conveniently, Burnaby shows up to his

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rented lodging with Rosette. Burnaby

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says he asked Rosette over to the

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lodgings the previous night, even though

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he wasn't there. Rosette did not go

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either because she lost the key she had

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been given and also because her father

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had been shot. But Rosette says someone

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was in that flat because she saw the

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lights when she was at the nursing home

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with her father. And this is a bit

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weird, but Rosette thought Burnaby was

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blackmailing her father over his past.

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But in reality, Burnaby was simply

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investigating Grimald's past and dropped

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hints to Rosette that she misconstrued

530
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,480
as blackmail. But Burnaby painted that

531
00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:56,400
picture of the three graves that Grimal

532
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,160
purchased. Bernaby explains that the

533
00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,320
inspiration for that painting was a

534
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,960
lecture he attended about Hungary. And

535
00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:05,200
when Grimal saw the painting, he freaked

536
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,880
out. And that's when Burnaby started

537
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,720
investigating his friend's past. He

538
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,120
thought there was something going on.

539
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,799
And Burnaby was also present that night

540
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:15,120
at the tavern. And he seemed to think

541
00:20:12,799 --> 00:20:17,600
that Grimaugh thought Pierre Fle was not

542
00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:19,679
his brother, but perhaps the doctor at

543
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:22,000
the prison who helped him escape. But

544
00:20:19,679 --> 00:20:24,080
Bernaby does admit to playing detective,

545
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,760
but he says that trick rope found in his

546
00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,000
lodgings, that's not his. He's never

547
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:30,400
seen it before. There was also a brand

548
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,080
new coat hanging in the common area

549
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,919
hallway covered in blood. And Fel

550
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,840
speculates that Draymond like somehow

551
00:20:33,919 --> 00:20:38,000
accidentally came in contact with that

552
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,240
coat and that's how we got blood all

553
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,919
over him without knowing it. Fel,

554
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,720
meanwhile, is going on about church

555
00:20:41,919 --> 00:20:47,039
bells and how he wants to see Pierre Fle

556
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,799
and where he lived and see like what

557
00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:51,440
kind of evidence there is for this

558
00:20:48,799 --> 00:20:53,520
brother Henri. He doesn't really find

559
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,919
anything there. But when he returns,

560
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:58,559
Headley is all a mess because that

561
00:20:55,919 --> 00:21:01,039
bloody coat has somehow changed colors

562
00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:03,120
when Fell was away. It's not yellow.

563
00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:05,360
It's now yellow when it was black. So,

564
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:08,320
that's a bit weird. Also, there's a lot

565
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:10,159
of arguing over like whose coat this is.

566
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,000
It fits Mangan, but he says it's not

567
00:21:10,159 --> 00:21:14,720
his. And there's a lot of chatter about

568
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,880
like where this coat was and like was it

569
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,880
at Grimalds? Was it in the closet there?

570
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,880
Was it never there? And no one can agree

571
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,799
on that. And then we have a very

572
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,200
interesting and notorious chapter in

573
00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:28,159
detective fiction. Chapter 17 of the

574
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:30,799
Hollow Man breaks the fourth wall. Fel,

575
00:21:28,159 --> 00:21:32,559
Hadley, Rample, and Pettis have lunch.

576
00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:34,320
And this is where Gideon Fel gives his

577
00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:35,919
thoughts on locked room mysteries and

578
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,679
explains all different ways a locked

579
00:21:35,919 --> 00:21:39,840
room mystery can be set up and the

580
00:21:37,679 --> 00:21:42,640
solutions to them.

581
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:45,200
In doing so, he does actually spoil

582
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,039
quite a few mystery novels. Some by name

583
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,880
and some not by name, but if you've read

584
00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:50,880
them, you can figure them out. And these

585
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:54,159
are really only spoilers if you are

586
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:56,559
paying attention and like remember that

587
00:21:54,159 --> 00:21:58,720
if you go to read those other books. He

588
00:21:56,559 --> 00:22:00,640
Fel heaps a lot of praise on an

589
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,559
Katherine Green who died the year this

590
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,480
novel was published. And Fel also

591
00:22:02,559 --> 00:22:06,159
humorously tells Pettis to shut up

592
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,400
because they're all in a mystery novel

593
00:22:06,159 --> 00:22:10,480
again breaking the fourth wall. Fel

594
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,559
tells the reader he can he or she can

595
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,120
skip this chapter since it's not plot

596
00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:18,159
relevant. I strongly disagree you should

597
00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:19,919
skip this or not. And I also disagree

598
00:22:18,159 --> 00:22:21,840
that it's not really plot relevant. It

599
00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:23,360
kind of is. By reading the different

600
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,280
theories, it is supposed to get your

601
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:27,120
mind running on how these murders may

602
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,120
have been committed. But at the end of

603
00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:32,159
the chapter, Fel receives news that Mr.

604
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:33,679
Draymond has now fallen ill. Apparently,

605
00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:35,679
Draymond announced he had some

606
00:22:33,679 --> 00:22:37,679
revelation about how Grimal might have

607
00:22:35,679 --> 00:22:39,760
been killed, including that someone was

608
00:22:37,679 --> 00:22:41,840
in his own room earlier that night.

609
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,840
Draymond went up to the study alone and

610
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,919
then came down and passed out. He

611
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,280
mumbled something about chimneys and

612
00:22:45,919 --> 00:22:49,360
then passed out. And then everyone

613
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,440
starts arguing again about the coat. But

614
00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:53,679
Hadley comes in all upset because he's

615
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,600
heard back from Bucharest. And brothers,

616
00:22:53,679 --> 00:22:57,760
as suspected, were not political

617
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,440
prisoners, but bank robbers. And the

618
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:02,720
third brother, the one that everyone

619
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,400
calls Henri, is dead. His real name was

620
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,240
Nicholas, but they still call him Henry,

621
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,840
so I will too. But when the prison

622
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:10,159
officials went back to the graves to

623
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,760
place crosses, they found Grimmald's

624
00:23:10,159 --> 00:23:14,480
open grave and then realized what

625
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:17,039
happened. They dug up Pierre and found

626
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:19,200
him alive and took him back to prison.

627
00:23:17,039 --> 00:23:21,760
But when they dug up Henry, Henri was

628
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,240
already dead from suffocation. And this

629
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,159
bothers Fel not at all. And this is

630
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,679
where I end the spoiler-free section. So

631
00:23:26,159 --> 00:23:30,240
back out now if you don't want to be

632
00:23:27,679 --> 00:23:32,720
spoiled. You've been warned.

633
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:35,760
Dr. Fel spends the entire night trying

634
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:38,400
this experiment with like reading Burns

635
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,720
graphs of paper while Rample and his

636
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,400
wife reconstruct several timelines. And

637
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,240
you know, if you've been a longtime

638
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,240
follower of this channel, you know what

639
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:49,280
I'm going to say about timelines. They

640
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:51,440
are totally useless. Anytime you have a

641
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:53,440
fleshed out specific timeline, just

642
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,200
throw it out. It's wrong. I I didn't

643
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,280
really talk about it in the spoiler-free

644
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,640
area because I mean, it doesn't truly

645
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,799
matter and I didn't want to give it

646
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,360
away. But there's a lot of page time

647
00:24:00,799 --> 00:24:05,360
dedicated to establishing like when

648
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:07,919
things happened and it's all obuscation

649
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:09,520
as Fel clears up. Uh Fel made several

650
00:24:07,919 --> 00:24:12,240
comments about how this case isn't

651
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:15,360
topsyturvy or upside down like everyone

652
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:19,200
says. It's backwards. Throw out the

653
00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:22,240
timeline. Pierre Fle was murdered first

654
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,000
and he was killed before Grimal. The

655
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,320
reason why everyone thinks it happened

656
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,240
after is because the witnesses all use

657
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:32,720
the clock and the jewelry store window,

658
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:34,480
but the time was off by 40 minutes. And

659
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,240
there is other evidence to support this.

660
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,400
is I mean the church bells ringing is

661
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,080
one of them and also this is so

662
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:43,039
difficult to actually like contemplate

663
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:45,600
but Hadley had sent a constable to check

664
00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:47,840
out Pierre Fle's lodgings after Grimmald

665
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,840
was shot and he arrived there well after

666
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,919
Pierre Fle was shot and things had

667
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,919
clearly been going on there for a while

668
00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:55,520
like the body had been moved already and

669
00:24:53,919 --> 00:24:57,440
like the witnesses had already been

670
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,520
questioned and this is such a good clue

671
00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:02,000
like early on that something is off but

672
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,000
it's such like a hard one to actually

673
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,919
see until it's pointed out to you

674
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,640
because you don't get it in the right

675
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:10,720
order. But all of this is leading up to

676
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,360
the big reveal and everyone goes back to

677
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:16,320
Grimmal's house where Grimmal is laid

678
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:18,559
out in a coffin and Fel asks Madame Duma

679
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:21,279
for a confession and she says she didn't

680
00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:23,840
kill anyone and Fel knows this but he

681
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:27,360
says that she was an accomplice to and

682
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:29,520
then he points into the coffin at Grimal

683
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:32,400
and this has always nagged me since I

684
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:34,480
first read this novel because I remember

685
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,720
very clearly the first time I read this

686
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,960
novel I suspected Grimal was was a

687
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:41,360
murderer all along and I rejected that

688
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:44,000
and I'm still kicking myself over it. I

689
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:45,760
I thought it was Piachi the Great, but

690
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,559
uh he was an acrobat and I fell for

691
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:51,360
that. Uh but Fel, you know, tells this

692
00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:53,600
very like peacemeal explanation that

693
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:55,600
I'll try to order and streamline. When

694
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,919
Fle approached Grimml at the tavern,

695
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,480
that wasn't a threat on Grimmal's life.

696
00:25:57,919 --> 00:26:02,480
That was a blackmail threat. Grimmal was

697
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,960
now rich and rich off the money the

698
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,919
brothers stole together from the bank.

699
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,919
and Fle wanted his share. But Grimal was

700
00:26:07,919 --> 00:26:12,320
not going to risk that and he decided to

701
00:26:09,919 --> 00:26:16,080
murder Fle and created this whole scheme

702
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:18,559
of acting like Fle was after his life.

703
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,240
Grimal intended to go to Kyoso Street,

704
00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:22,720
shoot Fle and make it look like a

705
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,960
suicide. He then intended to go back to

706
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,679
his house and pretend that Fle was the

707
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,919
visitor and then shot him and escaped.

708
00:26:27,679 --> 00:26:33,039
Grimal would self-inflict a gunshot

709
00:26:29,919 --> 00:26:34,799
wound that was nonfatal and then leave a

710
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:37,039
rope hanging out the window to make it

711
00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:40,080
look like Fle escaped that way. Remember

712
00:26:37,039 --> 00:26:42,720
the forecast said no snow, so no

713
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,720
footprints would have been a factor. But

714
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,480
that's not what actually happened.

715
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,480
Knowing he was never disturbed on

716
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,880
Saturday night in his study, Grimal left

717
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,600
his house via the service entrance and

718
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,279
went to Calos Street to shoot Fle. It

719
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,200
was still snowing at this time, so his

720
00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:59,679
footprints were covered by the falling

721
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:02,320
snow. He went to Fle's flat to shoot him

722
00:26:59,679 --> 00:27:04,320
and did so. But Fle did not die. In

723
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:07,120
fact, he fought back and ran out of the

724
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:09,120
building. Fle shot Grimal, who was still

725
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,720
in the building, and that was the shot

726
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:12,880
that witnesses heard. And it explains

727
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:15,440
why they didn't see a shooter and why

728
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,520
they that shooter disappeared because

729
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,919
Fle was the shooter when they were

730
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,840
looking for who shot Fle. The second

731
00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:25,200
bullet is for you. It wasn't a warning

732
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:26,799
to Fle. laced that to Grimal. That was

733
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,039
the second bullet, the first being the

734
00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:30,960
one that shot him. Grimal was only

735
00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:32,880
superficially wounded. And since this is

736
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,039
what he planned all along, he just

737
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,960
continued on with his scheme, which is

738
00:27:35,039 --> 00:27:39,679
even more necessary now since he didn't

739
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:42,799
know if Flight had actually lived.

740
00:27:39,679 --> 00:27:45,679
Grimal returned home via rooftops on

741
00:27:42,799 --> 00:27:47,520
Kyos Street and other means. The snow

742
00:27:45,679 --> 00:27:49,360
had stopped, but he still didn't leave

743
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,120
footprints because he returned via the

744
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:53,440
service entrance again. and the service

745
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:55,760
entrance has an overhang which is why

746
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,440
there was no footprints. Admittedly,

747
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,919
this is the weakest aspect of the

748
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:03,120
solution in my opinion as it doesn't

749
00:27:59,919 --> 00:28:04,799
really work out and explain a lot. GMAL

750
00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:06,960
apparently went to the house next door

751
00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:09,279
and then jumped to his house. Remember

752
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,840
Rosette heard a thump that was Grimal

753
00:28:09,279 --> 00:28:14,000
returning home from the roof. Uh Carr

754
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,840
absolutely speech through this part to

755
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,159
cover up its weaknesses. It's a little

756
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,679
obvious honestly, but Grimmald then

757
00:28:18,159 --> 00:28:21,840
continued with his original plan and

758
00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:23,440
dressed up in the mask and the coat.

759
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,080
Through the door, he said he was

760
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:28,559
pettised to Mangan and Rosette. Madame

761
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:31,279
Duma escorted the mass figure upstairs

762
00:28:28,559 --> 00:28:33,039
to the study. Mills saw the figure but

763
00:28:31,279 --> 00:28:36,240
didn't realize it was Grimmal because of

764
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:38,880
a trick of a mirror that created an

765
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:42,159
illusion that there were two people, one

766
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:44,399
in the study and one outside the study.

767
00:28:42,159 --> 00:28:46,559
Madame Duma had to be in on the trick so

768
00:28:44,399 --> 00:28:48,960
as not to break the illusion by standing

769
00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:50,720
in the wrong spot. The mirror trick is

770
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,679
very complicated and difficult to

771
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:56,399
understand. But there in a novel in the

772
00:28:53,679 --> 00:28:58,159
novela has a very like helpful diagram

773
00:28:56,399 --> 00:29:00,720
to explain how this works that makes it

774
00:28:58,159 --> 00:29:02,799
a lot easier than I can in words. The

775
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,279
masked figure of Grimal entered the

776
00:29:02,799 --> 00:29:07,600
study and was alone there. He then

777
00:29:05,279 --> 00:29:09,600
ripped off his costume and his mask,

778
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:12,080
burned them in the fireplace. The

779
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:14,080
costume was made of paper and cardboard

780
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,799
like they are on stage when an

781
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,480
illusionist does this trick. And Madame

782
00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:20,880
Dumont, remember, is a former

783
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:24,480
costumeier. This was one of the tricks

784
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:26,880
Pyachi the Great/ AOR described. GMA

785
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,760
then took the heavy mirror and shoved it

786
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:31,600
up the fireplace. The fireplace was

787
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,600
looked into, but the flu was very

788
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,440
narrow, so one can't actually like look

789
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,919
into the flu. You can only like look up

790
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,600
the flu. However, the mirror was very

791
00:29:37,919 --> 00:29:41,679
heavy and the exertion caused the

792
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,919
superficial wound to hemorrhage and

793
00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:46,399
Grimald died, but not before releasing a

794
00:29:43,919 --> 00:29:48,960
Guy Fox firecracker to simulate a

795
00:29:46,399 --> 00:29:51,760
gunshot. There is more to it than that,

796
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:53,360
but that's like the simplified version.

797
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,840
There's a lot more regarding like the

798
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,520
overcoat and how the mirror got into the

799
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,440
house and all the other things like the

800
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:02,240
mirror was hidden behind that painting

801
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:04,000
of the three coffins. That's why he had

802
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,480
purchased that painting to hide the

803
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:09,120
mirror behind it so no one would know he

804
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:11,600
had a mirror. But Mr. Draymond suspected

805
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,200
this and he found the mirror in the flu.

806
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,120
And when he took it down, the weight of

807
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,200
that caused him to have a stroke. But we

808
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,200
are led to believe that he will recover.

809
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:22,000
How Fel could possibly know that, I

810
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,960
don't know. But Madame Dumont admits in

811
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,960
her own way that yeah, this is all true.

812
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:29,120
And then she commits suicide with a

813
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,919
knife she had taken from the study. Uh,

814
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:34,720
it's very Romeo and Julietesque, but you

815
00:30:31,919 --> 00:30:36,640
know, that is the end.

816
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,640
Let's get into Praise. And I think the

817
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:41,360
singular best thing about this novel is

818
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:43,520
its atmosphere and tone. It is so eerie

819
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:46,399
and spooky and unsettling without ever

820
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,559
crossing the line into horror or scary

821
00:30:46,399 --> 00:30:50,880
or even like goofiness as it sometimes

822
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:53,039
can happen. It's not overdone. And I

823
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,279
think Carr handles this beautifully.

824
00:30:53,039 --> 00:30:57,360
You're not really going to get scared,

825
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:59,760
but you're going to get like a little

826
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:02,480
you'll feel the spookiness. You know,

827
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,880
Car doesn't set the scene as eerie with

828
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:07,120
the usual fog and nighttime. In fact,

829
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:09,120
this novel takes place in a snowstorm,

830
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,360
generally not scary, and about half of

831
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,360
it takes place during the daytime. But

832
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,600
Carr incorporates those supernatural and

833
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,760
spooky elements directly into the pot.

834
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:20,480
Grimald's I mean the name alone does it

835
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:23,279
but Grimald's background in Transylvania

836
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:25,919
and his eerie disguise and he and his

837
00:31:23,279 --> 00:31:28,080
brothers rising from their graves all

838
00:31:25,919 --> 00:31:30,559
contribute to both the plot and the tone

839
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:33,200
which is ideal. I think too many writers

840
00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:36,320
try to set a scene but it's all set

841
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:39,039
dressing. Carr is doing the extra leg of

842
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:41,200
not relying on that you know putting in

843
00:31:39,039 --> 00:31:43,440
the effort to do both and it lasts

844
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,679
throughout the entire novel. Sometimes I

845
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,000
feel authors sort of like set the tone

846
00:31:45,679 --> 00:31:50,320
at the beginning and then hope it stains

847
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,159
throughout the novel and it never does.

848
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:55,360
And we have characters described as

849
00:31:52,159 --> 00:31:57,840
goblinike. We have illusions and tricks

850
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:59,919
and car really went all out on this

851
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,000
novel and the result is incredible. And

852
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:04,159
this is a very good murder plot as well.

853
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:06,240
You know, Car's novels do tend to be

854
00:32:04,159 --> 00:32:07,440
unsolvable. Uh not because they don't

855
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,159
make sense, but because they're just

856
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,840
overly complicated and truly bizarre.

857
00:32:10,159 --> 00:32:14,559
And I have a lot of fun with those. But

858
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:17,200
in my opinion, the truly elite mystery

859
00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:19,919
novels are ones that both have that

860
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:22,640
intricate and creative and sort of zany

861
00:32:19,919 --> 00:32:25,840
crazy plot, but are also easily

862
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,600
credible. You can have it both ways and

863
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,919
car solutions are often a bit of, you

864
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,480
know, a face palm and they do often fall

865
00:32:29,919 --> 00:32:34,799
into that mostly but not entirely

866
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,640
credible category. But here I find the

867
00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:38,720
clueing excellent. You know, we've been

868
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,559
warned outright about how someone can

869
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,480
change clothes in an instant, like

870
00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:44,320
illusionists do. We're told different

871
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,559
possible solutions for locked room

872
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,960
mysteries. Those are definitely more

873
00:32:46,559 --> 00:32:52,320
meta clues. But we also have like Madame

874
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:55,200
Duma being the former customier

875
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:57,039
Grimal needing two burly men to carry

876
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,200
the painting upstairs because it's

877
00:32:57,039 --> 00:33:00,960
incredibly heavy. When we were told that

878
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,960
when he purchased it, Grimmal was able

879
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,600
to roll it up and carry it under his

880
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,919
arm. So, you know, hinting at the mirror

881
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,000
having been placed behind the canvas.

882
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:12,159
This one is solvable. And on my first

883
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,480
read, I almost got there. I did fall

884
00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:16,320
into the trap of thinking it was Piachi

885
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,159
the Great just because he was an acrobat

886
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:21,039
and that would make sense, but you know,

887
00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:23,120
I I thought he was Henri. And no, I know

888
00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:26,080
that was sort of like an obvious trap in

889
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:28,000
Red Herring. And I also love chapter 17,

890
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,480
the locked room mystery lecture. Like,

891
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,880
do not skip that one. It is absolutely

892
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:36,080
worth it. one of the most iconic

893
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:38,000
chapters in detective fiction.

894
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,720
Now, for criticism, I mean, the biggest

895
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:43,440
knock for me is the footprints. Now, I

896
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:46,240
praise the solution for good. It and it

897
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:48,799
is, but admittedly, the footprints are

898
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,960
not great. it doesn't really work or

899
00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:53,679
make sense and you can kind of sort of

900
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:55,360
sense Carr notice this as well because

901
00:33:53,679 --> 00:33:57,440
he does sort of like explain it like

902
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,519
really quickly and vaguely and then

903
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,919
never mentions it again as if he like he

904
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:03,679
knew this wasn't fully thought out and

905
00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:06,559
this is an issue because it was one of

906
00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:08,159
the main plots of the novel like it

907
00:34:06,559 --> 00:34:09,919
constantly gets brought up about these

908
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:11,520
footprints and I do find it hard to

909
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:13,760
believe Grimml after being shot was

910
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:16,000
somehow able to basically jump from

911
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,200
rooftop to rooftop I think we're

912
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,960
supposed to believe There were no

913
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,879
footprints because they were all on

914
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,720
rooftops, but that doesn't work. I mean,

915
00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:24,639
first of all, the roof of Grimald's

916
00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:26,960
house was examined, and we're told it

917
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:28,720
was clear. The service entry having an

918
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:31,440
overhang only explains the lack of

919
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:33,839
footprints at that particular spot, not

920
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:36,399
anywhere else. It's just a bit weak, and

921
00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:38,480
you just have to like go with it. And

922
00:34:36,399 --> 00:34:40,480
same thing with like, oh, the timeline

923
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,119
being off because the clock in the shop

924
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:46,000
window was 40 minutes off. That's like a

925
00:34:43,119 --> 00:34:48,079
little bit, you know, cliche. And like

926
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,919
40 minutes is a long time to know. It's

927
00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:52,399
like it's not like it's like 5 minutes.

928
00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:54,240
That's a long time to be off. I also

929
00:34:52,399 --> 00:34:56,159
think some of the characters were a

930
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:58,880
little lackluster. None of them are

931
00:34:56,159 --> 00:35:01,040
duds, but characters have never really

932
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,760
been Car's strong suit outside of like

933
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:06,240
the recurring cast. Like Rosette Grimal

934
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:08,560
in particular, I think is a really weak

935
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,160
character and sort of went to waste. I

936
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,960
also think characters like Mr. Pettis

937
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:15,520
and Mr. Draymond came into the novel a

938
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,200
little late to be viable suspects.

939
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,680
Technically, we do meet them earlier,

940
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,079
but it was a very fleeting encounter and

941
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,760
just a mention of them. I personally

942
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:25,520
don't have an issue with this, but I

943
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:28,320
will mention it here because some people

944
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,800
do. But I don't mind the novel breaking

945
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,119
the fourth wall like chapter 17 where

946
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,960
Car mentions they're all characters in a

947
00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:36,560
mystery novel. You know, at the

948
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,400
beginning, we're told who is telling the

949
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,640
truth, which is a bit of a clue, as

950
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,560
those witnesses are named, proming you

951
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,560
not to trust other witnesses who were

952
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:47,040
not named. And none of this bothers me,

953
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:49,520
but I do think this is something mystery

954
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:52,000
writers should not do. I think this is

955
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:54,560
something you should generally avoid. It

956
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,480
is very risky and most won't be able to

957
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,400
pull it off, especially with a third

958
00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,160
person narrator.

959
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,240
And let's get into our characters.

960
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:05,040
Starting with our hero, Gideon Fel, who

961
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:07,599
is in some ways very procoded as sort of

962
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:09,839
the very eccentric man who seemingly

963
00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:11,520
knows everything right away with little

964
00:36:09,839 --> 00:36:13,920
explanation and then provides that

965
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:16,160
explanation as if it was so obvious all

966
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:18,400
along. And he was delightful here. I

967
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:20,480
really showing off his academic skills

968
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,640
and abilities in this novel. There were

969
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,640
fewer sort of like fun character moments

970
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:27,119
from him, but this is a novel that's

971
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,800
more serious in tone than most Gideon

972
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,040
Fell novels. Like there there were

973
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,280
definitely less uses of the phrase, "Oh,

974
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,280
my ancient hat," which again, a shame,

975
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,839
but uh you know, that's something he's

976
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,359
known for, but Carr really uses him as a

977
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:42,000
mouthpiece for his own thoughts on

978
00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:43,839
detective fiction very effectively. and

979
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,520
he is up to his usual antics here of

980
00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:47,760
just like coming up with outrageous

981
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:51,200
suggestions that turn out to be true or

982
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,960
or mostly true as is the case. And then

983
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:55,040
we have Superintendent Hadley who I

984
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,359
earlier compared to Inspector I

985
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,680
would say Hadley is less of like the

986
00:36:57,359 --> 00:37:02,000
brunt of jokes than But in this

987
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:04,240
novel, Hadley is particularly very

988
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,839
perturbed by Fel's antics. Uh, this

989
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:08,000
might be actually be the most anger he

990
00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:09,839
gets with him and just like feeling left

991
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,359
out, especially when Fel is focusing on

992
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:13,280
like totally different things than what

993
00:37:11,359 --> 00:37:15,280
Hadley wants. I wouldn't say Hadley

994
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,760
comes across as like an idiot in this

995
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:19,839
novel or in others, but Fel does like

996
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,839
run laps around him. But we do see

997
00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:24,320
Hadley like be able to work some things

998
00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:26,400
out for himself usually like of like

999
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,640
lesser importance or like things like

1000
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:31,200
Fel has already found out, but he also

1001
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:33,760
does get his jabs into Fel as well. It

1002
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,920
does go both ways here.

1003
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,760
And we also have Ted Rample who is a

1004
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,720
recurring character. We first met in

1005
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,960
Hagnook along with his wife Dorothy. And

1006
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:44,880
Ted often does seem to like fall into

1007
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:47,440
the background and not just in this

1008
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:50,160
book. We often see him and he just kind

1009
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:52,800
of like falls away. He's not nearly as

1010
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:54,960
experienced in crime as Fel or Hadley.

1011
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,800
And his like he's much younger than

1012
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,200
them. So there is a generational

1013
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:01,359
difference. Ted definitely like serves

1014
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,680
as more of like the amateur mind, more

1015
00:38:01,359 --> 00:38:06,480
relatable to the reader who is just as

1016
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:08,240
often as baffled as Ted Rample is. I'm

1017
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:10,480
glad there is this character in Carl

1018
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:13,040
novels because I think sometimes you

1019
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:15,359
take like the Ellery Queen cousins, they

1020
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:17,760
don't realize or take into consideration

1021
00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:20,560
just like how convoluted their mechanics

1022
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:23,280
are. Whereas Carr through Ted makes it

1023
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,800
more relatable to the reader because

1024
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,640
there is someone else who doesn't

1025
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,320
understand what's going on. And I think

1026
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:31,119
some writers who do these more like

1027
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:33,680
impossible crime, like high academic

1028
00:38:31,119 --> 00:38:35,680
standard talk, seemingly forget that not

1029
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:38,240
everyone is on their level. And I think

1030
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,520
TED helps the novel age better. You

1031
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:42,880
know, back in the day, these books were

1032
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:44,960
written for specific audiences, but now

1033
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,720
we have larger and larger swaths of

1034
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,640
people who know how to read and do read.

1035
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:50,960
Hopefully, they read. So, I think Ted

1036
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:54,720
Rample is more of our everyday eyes.

1037
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:56,800
Here we have our murderer slashvictim

1038
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:58,560
Charles Grimaugh who we did not get to

1039
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,480
see alive outside of like the first

1040
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,960
little bit there or at least like

1041
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,800
unwounded. But I think we can still sort

1042
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:07,280
of make out a lot of his character. I

1043
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:09,200
love how Carr writes him. He doesn't

1044
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:11,359
really go the route of presenting a

1045
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,960
morally good person and then finding out

1046
00:39:11,359 --> 00:39:14,640
later on that he was a terrible human

1047
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,880
being, but rather sets Grimald up

1048
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,720
immediately as someone who is, you know,

1049
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,480
something suspicious about him in his

1050
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:22,640
past. And we are very much forewarned

1051
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,640
that Grimmal is a bad guy. But that

1052
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:26,880
evilness is initially overshadowed by

1053
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,480
like what Pierre Fle is doing and he's

1054
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,400
being creepier. But then we learn

1055
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,800
Grimmald left his brothers to die in a

1056
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:34,400
terrifyingly gruesome way of being

1057
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,760
buried alive. And then it's hardly a

1058
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,520
stretch to think he's a killer after

1059
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,200
that point. But you know, Grimmald is

1060
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,280
definitely one of the most like gruesome

1061
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:44,640
killers from the golden age of detective

1062
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:47,119
fiction. We have Pierre Fle another our

1063
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,800
other victim/murderer who again very

1064
00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:50,640
much cut from the same cloth as his

1065
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,960
brother. He sort of has the opposite

1066
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,720
trajectory as the initial clear villain

1067
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,240
turned victim but not a sympathetic

1068
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:58,400
victim by any means despite his

1069
00:39:56,240 --> 00:40:00,320
backstory of having been buried alive

1070
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:02,320
and returned to prison. I mean for me

1071
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,320
Fle makes the novel what it is. He's

1072
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:06,400
providing a lot of like the spooky tone

1073
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:08,800
like how he says he and his brothers

1074
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:10,480
were buried and one of them escaped and

1075
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,560
that one wasn't him. And this is

1076
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:15,040
technically a true story. He's not

1077
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:16,960
lying. He is out of, you know, ghostly

1078
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:19,119
presence he has. And of course, he's not

1079
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,280
a literal ghost, but a figurative one.

1080
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:23,760
Something from someone's past who has

1081
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:26,400
suddenly resurfaced to honk Ramald. Just

1082
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:28,240
an excellent character. We also have an

1083
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,760
accomplice in Madame Duma, who I thought

1084
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,839
was a fine character. Definitely like

1085
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,599
the creepy elderly lady of the manor who

1086
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:35,599
just sort of like skullks about the

1087
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:37,520
place and speaks cryptically. I thought

1088
00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:39,520
she could have used more personality as

1089
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,440
I often find with a lot of like oneoff

1090
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:44,240
car characters who aren't, you know, the

1091
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:46,000
main murderer and even then, but I

1092
00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,440
thought her rivalry with Mills was funny

1093
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,680
as they both seem to just hate each

1094
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:51,839
other for no reason. I like how her past

1095
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,359
as a customier was an important clue and

1096
00:40:51,839 --> 00:40:54,960
is one of those ones you almost

1097
00:40:53,359 --> 00:40:57,359
certainly miss, but seems like very

1098
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:59,200
obvious in retrospect and her demise of

1099
00:40:57,359 --> 00:41:01,839
committing suicide of a Greml's coffin

1100
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,760
was very melodramatic, very like Romeo

1101
00:41:01,839 --> 00:41:05,440
and Julietesque. To be honest, I think

1102
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,520
this is a good character, but I never

1103
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,680
felt the connection and love she had for

1104
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:11,280
Grammad. So, it made for a ending here

1105
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,680
that I thought was like a little bit

1106
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:15,680
odd. Moving on to our regular

1107
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,920
characters, we have Boyd Mangan, who is

1108
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,079
one of those sort of rowdy young male

1109
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,000
like staple archetypes of the Golden

1110
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:23,599
Age. He's a reporter, and I wish he sort

1111
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,440
of like fit into the story more. I wish

1112
00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:27,040
he had some kind of role, not

1113
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:28,640
necessarily in the murder, but something

1114
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,480
like beyond just like being like a

1115
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,400
suspect and like a highly unlikely one

1116
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:34,240
at that. He provided a lot of like the

1117
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,680
background information to Fel and Hadley

1118
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:37,680
and that seemed to be his primary

1119
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,839
purpose. His relationship with Rosette,

1120
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:42,800
which is sort of routine and did not

1121
00:41:39,839 --> 00:41:44,480
provide really a story at all. And like

1122
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,000
I've said many times, I often find Carr

1123
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:48,079
isn't like the best with character work,

1124
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,839
but I also feel like he's not the worst.

1125
00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:52,000
I also feel like Car's stories are not

1126
00:41:49,839 --> 00:41:53,760
necessarily ones that need excellent

1127
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,960
character work. That's not really his

1128
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,280
style. So having these sort of like

1129
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:59,200
planer characters isn't as big of a

1130
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:02,079
negative as I think it sounds like and

1131
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:04,079
it would be for other authors.

1132
00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:05,760
We have Rosette Grimma who I thought was

1133
00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:07,680
clearly the weakest character of the

1134
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,359
bunch. She really just like did not

1135
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,960
bring anything to the table. I mean her

1136
00:42:09,359 --> 00:42:12,960
backstory of her birth and the secrets

1137
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:15,280
of that really just did not factor in at

1138
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:17,520
all here. I did not find her very like

1139
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,280
personable and she was just there

1140
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,960
because all of these mystery novels need

1141
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:23,200
that like young attractive woman

1142
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,480
archetype. like she did not need to be

1143
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,079
there and I felt she was a bit of a

1144
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,880
missed opportunity of like what could

1145
00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:30,560
have been with her. We have Mr. Draymond

1146
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,400
who I liked a lot and he reminded me a

1147
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,160
lot of those like scary old man you

1148
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,240
would see in like a lot of children's

1149
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,000
stories and whom everyone is afraid of

1150
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:40,240
but he's like really a very nice person

1151
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:42,160
in reality. I got like Edward

1152
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:44,640
Scissorhand sort of vibes here. I mean

1153
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:46,160
not exactly but again he's very unlike a

1154
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,640
lot of characters we see in mystery

1155
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,240
novels. I really think can't think of

1156
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,560
someone similar to him and it was a bit

1157
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:54,400
of a shame we didn't see more of him and

1158
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:56,400
he does get a lot of sympathy thrown his

1159
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,000
way which again I feel like is justified

1160
00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,160
but again I feel like like we should

1161
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,040
have gotten to know Draymond more to

1162
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,960
make that sympathetic quality just more

1163
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:07,440
profound like it felt a little bit

1164
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,520
routine as well

1165
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:11,520
and finally we have Stuart Mills he have

1166
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,920
the goblin-like appearance which is just

1167
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:15,440
very mean description and he's another

1168
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:17,359
character that just sort of there to

1169
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:19,599
provide information. He did have his

1170
00:43:17,359 --> 00:43:20,960
tiffs with Madame Duma, but other than

1171
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:23,200
that, he just seemed to be there for

1172
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:25,200
atmosphere and provide information.

1173
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,640
Again, he's not really a suspect. I

1174
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,880
guess it could have been a fun twist to

1175
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:30,800
like have us say like have the narration

1176
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,640
tell us, oh, he's telling the truth, but

1177
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,240
he was also involved. That would have

1178
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:37,119
been fun, but again, it does wasn't

1179
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:39,440
necessary. And I got sort of like um big

1180
00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:41,440
like Eigore vibes like the like the

1181
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:43,040
hunchback henchman sort of vibes from

1182
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:45,520
him. He was a fun character. Again,

1183
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,359
which one I wish was just in it more and

1184
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:50,720
had other things besides just like the

1185
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:52,400
routine of providing us information.

1186
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,520
And that is it for this video. Let me

1187
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,079
know in the comments what you think

1188
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,839
about The Hollow Man/The Three Coffins.

1189
00:43:56,079 --> 00:44:00,720
Personally, one of my favorite John

1190
00:43:57,839 --> 00:44:02,560
Dixon car novels. And again, usually

1191
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:05,680
like pretty universally recognized as

1192
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:07,359
one of his best novels as well. Uh next

1193
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:09,599
week, I'm going to change up from what I

1194
00:44:07,359 --> 00:44:12,640
said on the schedule. Next week at the

1195
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:15,119
regular time, I will have the 75th

1196
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,880
anniversary retrospective for A Murder

1197
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:19,839
is Announced, and that will be posted

1198
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,640
Monday at noon at the regular time. On

1199
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:25,119
Wednesday, which is October 29th, that

1200
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:27,520
is the day the murder is announced. I

1201
00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:29,760
will have a bonus video about how to

1202
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,240
solve a murder is announced using the

1203
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,640
meta clues I've provided in my video on

1204
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:36,960
how to solve a murder mystery. So stay

1205
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:39,200
tuned for that. Until next time, Mystery

1206
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,200
Files.