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Page 68 Jenny is eager to help. “I’ve been thinking about the old Thrombey house since we first talked about it,” she says. It’s beginning to get dark that evening as you and Jenny walk along the road that runs past Grimstone’s property. In your hand is a rope with a noose at the end, and you having a flashlight in your pocket. You stop at a point opposite the side of the house. “This looks like a good place.” “Okay,” Jenny says. “Give me a couple of minutes to get around the corner and start talking to the policeman. That way you can be sure he won’t surprise you while you’re climbing over the fence.” You wait a short while; then,. Tossing your rope, you lasso a spike at the top a moment, free the noose, and jump down inside the fence. Skirting an empty dog pen, you circle around the back of the house, looking for an unlocked door or window; You don’t find any on the first floor, so you climb a cedar tree that’s growing close to the rear corner of the house. From the upper branches you’re able to reach an unlocked window. It sticks at first, but with an extra shove you get it open. A moment later you’re inside an upstairs bathroom. Turn to page 80