MESSAGE 1
You press the handle and open the door. You can now enter the hall to
the south.
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MESSAGE 2
The door is already open!
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MESSAGE 3
The officer stops you, when you try to enter. "I'm sorry Sir," he says,
"but only authorized persons are allowed to enter here. We've got a
murder case on our hands."

END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 4
When the officer sees your card he says, "Oh, it's you Mr. Sharpeye, I'm
so sorry. You see I'm new in this department, so I didn't recognize  you
at first. If you will come this way." He then escorts you into the
livingroom, where detective Dumb Blind and the suspects are gathered around
the fireplace. The officer then returns to the main hall.

Inspector Blind greets you with a big smile. "Thank you for coming Mr.
Sharpeye." He points at the people gathered around. "This is Mr. and
Mrs. Ricks, they own this house. This is Major Corny, Professor Godbole
and his secretary Miss Hansen, this is Mr. Drier, he is renting a room
in the house - on the second floor. And this is Jones, the butler and
Harriet, the maid."

You and the inspector move to another part of the livingroom and he
tells you the following,

"The victim is a Miss Jane Kranz. She was last seen by Mrs. Ricks at
20.00. At 20.30 she was found murdered in the library. It was Jones who
found her. No one of the suspects have an alibi for these 30 minutes:
Mr. Ricks was in the garden, his wife was in the kitchen. The major was
taking a nap in the guest room beside the library. He says that he heard
somebody arguing in the library. He is not sure exactly when, but he is
certain that it was a man and a woman. Professor Godbole was in the
bathroom on the 1st floor, his secretary arrived first at 20.45. Pete
Drier, the lodger, was in his room. The butler was in the wine cellar and
the maid was cleaning the bedroom on the first floor."

He continues, "The most weird thing is that the door was locked from
the inside and so was the only window, but it is impossible that she has
committed suicide. Frankly speaking Mr. Sharpeye, I do not know what to
do."

After you have got this information you return to the fire place.
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MESSAGE 5
What a sick and horrible idea! You are supposed to find a killer, not to
become one yourself!

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MESSAGE 6
In this game you cannot $verb$ people!
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MESSAGE 7
You force the victim's left hand open. You need to use force because of
Rigor Mortis, which has advanced quite a bit. However, you soon succeed
in getting the hand open.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 8
You have already done that once! There is no need in doing it again.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 9
You take the candlestick. It is very heavy, probably the murderer is a
strong person.
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MESSAGE 10
You $verb$ the wastebasket. Most of the contents are of no interest.
However, there is a certain letter which immediately catches you eye.
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MESSAGE 11
You do not need the $noun$ in the solving of the murder,
so there is no reason whatsoever to take it.
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MESSAGE 12
You find nothing of interest
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MESSAGE 14
You lift the books and find a magazine.
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MESSAGE 15
What are you? Some kind of pervert or necrophiliac? Don't you understand
that Jane is dead???
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MESSAGE 16
Are you sure?

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MESSAGE 17
You succeed in $verb$ing the mirror. Behind it you find a key!
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 18
Didn't you read the instructions! I'm sorry, but no cheating is allowed
in this game. Now you'll never know who the killer is.

** Good bye **

END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 19
Correct! How in the world did you deduce that? This is how it happened:

Jane Kranz had written and threatened Jones and Mr. Ricks that if they
did not pay her œ10,000 she would reveal their crime (see below) to the
press. She arrived at 8:00 am and went straight to the library where
Jones and Mr. Ricks were expecting her. There was a fight and finally
Jones grabbed the candlestick and hit Jane on the head. She died
immediately. Mr. Ricks jumped out of the window, and the butler fled
through the secret passage, through which he also had come.
 
The grim secret was that Jane had once been a promising film star, but
then she met Jones and became pregnant. He refused to marry her and
refered her to Dr. Ricks where she got an illegal abortion. It nearly
killed her and she got a deep depression, which lasted almost two years,
which she spent in an asylum. When she came back she discovered that
Jones had got work as a butler at the Ricks' residence. Probably he had
threatened Mr. Ricks to give him this job. It was thus an easy matter to
write the fatal letter, which cost her her life.

The clues are:

The footprints outside the library belonged to Mr. Ricks.
The hair in Miss Krantz' hand belonged to the butler.
Jane Kranz real name was Janet Crance, but she changed it (slightly)
   after her stay in the asylum.
The diary belonged to Mr. Ricks.
The letter had been sent to the butler. After the murder he went into
   Peter Drier's room and burnt it in order to distract the attention
   from himself.

END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 20
Sorry! Your answer is wrong. You are not the great detective I thought
you were.
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MESSAGE 21
You open the chest with the key.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 22
Open the chest with what?
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MESSAGE 23
It is already open, Stupid!
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MESSAGE 24
You close the chest. It locks automatically.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 25
It is already closed, Stupid!
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 26
The $noun$ is not here!
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MESSAGE 27
Are you crazy??? If you try to lift the $noun$ you risk getting a
slipped disk in your back if you try it. Are you sure you want to do it?
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 28
You grab the bookcase. It is suprisingly light! You have no troubles
whatsoever in lifting it. It swings back and you can enter a secret
passage.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 29
You have done that already.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 30
You pull the cord and a door swings open.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 31
You open the window and see some footprints just outside the room. They
are a man's footprints.
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MESSAGE 32
The butler says the following, "Well Sir, I had been down in the wine
cellar to fetch a bottle of wine. I put it on the table in here and then
I went into the library to get a book for Mr. Ricks, and there I found
Mrs. Kranz. It was quite a nasty sight." He grabs a glass half full with
wine and empties it. "I immediately called Mr. Ricks and he called the
police."
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 33
The butler is not here!
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 34
Ahh!
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MESSAGE 35
You cannot use the GO-COMMAND here.
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MESSAGE 36
Nice try! but you must first enter the house before you can use this
command.
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MESSAGE 37
Congratulations! Your cleverness has earned you 10 points.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 38
You close the window. It locks automatically.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 39
You haven't got the time to $verb$ all those books.
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MESSAGE 40

You find a diary!
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MESSAGE 41
Congratulations! Your cleverness has earned you 25 points.
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MESSAGE 42
You $verb$ the mirror, but unfortunately are seriously cut on one of
the pieces. You must thus quickly leave the house to get to the
hospital. Here you spent a long time, because you wound gets infected
you suffer from various illnesses. When you at last are healthy enough to
leave the hospital, WWII breaks out and during Hitler's attack on London
you are killed. Because of your foolishness the killer goes free!!
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 43
The $noun$ confirms what the inspector has told you.
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MESSAGE 44
A dead body cannot talk, Stupid!
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MESSAGE 45
Mrs. Ricks confirms what the inspector has told you.
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MESSAGE 46
The police officer confirms what the suspects have told you.
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MESSAGE 47
You try to lift the table, but suddenly you feel a snap in your back.
Paralysed by agony you fall screaming to the floor. Oh why did you not
listen to my advice??

You are brought to the hospital where you spend a considerable amount of
time before your back is OK again, but now it is too late to find the
killer, because the case has been closed.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 48
You open the closet. It is filled with clothes and shoes. However, you
find nothing of interest.
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MESSAGE 49
I can understand that you would like to take a bath. However, I do not
think that there is time for a such an act in this game. I would suggest
that you stop fooling around and get on with the solving of the case.
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 50
The wines do not belong to you, so I would advise you NOT to take any of
them with you.
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