On the Friday before St. Peter's Fair, Abraham, a moneylender, was found dead, in the great hall of Keswick Castle. His wine had been poisoned with monk's hood and his silver pennies stolen.
The next day four men, seated on a bench and two stools in front of the fireplace of the great hall somberly discuss the terrible deed. Their names are Godfrid, Nicholas, Rannulf and Torsten. And the are (not neccessarily respectively the duke of Cumberland (and lord of Keswick Castle); the sheriff of Lakeshire; the abbot of Dalton Monastery; and the mayor of Penrith.
a) a servant purs a goblet of wine for Torsten and a horn of beer for Godfrid.
b)the mayor turns all the way around to watch the servant leave the hall. He them speaks to Nicholas next to him.
c)neither Rannulf nor Godfrid has any sisters.
d)the abbot drinks only water.
e) Rannulf, who is sitting on one of the stools, is the sheriff's brother-in-law. The abbot is next to Tannulf on his left.
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2007-01-02
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