THE MYSTERY OF MARKHAM MANOR
by Edward P. Toovey
℗ 2022 Taskmaster Software
SOLUTION
(you start at the top of a flight of stairs) I (you have a suitcase and you are
wearing a trench coat), LOOK DOOR, PULL BELL (the butler guides you to your
bedroom [fit for a king]), OPEN SUITCASE, LOOK WARDROBE, LOOK BED, R (repeat
until you hear a knock on your bedroom door), OPEN DOOR (Lord Markham stands
outside; you follow him to the dinner room at the North end of the Great Hall;
Robert is there and will now go with you), LOOK TABLE, LOOK PANEL, LOOK ARMOUR,
LOOK DEER (Lord Markham asks you and Robert to follow him to the smoking room),
LOOK PORTRAIT, LOOK URN (Lord Markham asks if you would like a game of billiards
and leads you into the adjoining room), PLAY BILLIARDS (you dislodge a matchbox
from the fireplace), GET MATCHBOX, LOOK MATCHBOX (contains 5 matches), LOOK
PAINTING (Lord Markham goes to bed), S, E, N, LOOK FIREPLACE, GET LOGS, LOOK
FIREPLACE (one of the cherubs seems to protrude a little), S (you feel tired, go
[automatically] to your bedroom, fall asleep and are woken up the next morning
by a crash of thunder), W, N, LOOK DOOR, LOOK TAPESTRY, READ TEXT, SAY ROBERT
"HELP" (he's good with ancient languages), SAY ROBERT "READ TEXT", S, SW,
D, N,
E, LOOK FIRE, PUT LOGS FIRE, LOOK TABLE, LOOK LAMP, READ INSCRIPTION, SAY ROBERT
"READ INSCRIPTION", GET CHIMNEY, LOOK SHELVES, LOOK BOOK, PULL BOOK, LOOK NICHE,
GET CANDLE, N, LOOK PANEL (you can see the outline of a door in the panelling),
S, W, N, PUSH CHERUB (it goes in with a loud click), S, E, N (the door to the
north is now open), N, LIGHT CANDLE, U, LOOK DOOR, UNBOLT DOOR, E, LOOK DESK
(you drop the candle because of hot wax rolling over your fingers), GET CANDLE,
LIGHT CANDLE, R, GET HOLDER, PUT CANDLE HOLDER, PUT CHIMNEY CANDLE, LOOK
SHELVES, R, READ OLD BOOK (it says that the first Lord Markham buried all his
gold and left a ring as key), S, S, LOOK FIREPLACE, READ INSCRIPTION, SAY ROBERT
"READ INSCRIPTION", LOOK GRILLE, W, S, SW, D, N, E, N, N, D, S, S, W, N, LOOK
TUBES, LOOK TAPEPLAYER, LOOK KEYBOARD, GET KEY, S, E, N, N, U, U, E, S, W, S, S,
E, GET SUITCASE, W, SW, NW, N, N, W, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEY, W, LOOK SHEET, GET
WIRE, LOOK WIRE (it's straight), E, S, S, SE, D, NE, N, N, D, S, S, W, N, LOOK
STRONG BOX, PICK LOCK, BEND WIRE, PICK LOCK, READ PAGE ('I lift the armoured arm
and wave a panel moves aside'), S, W, N, LOOK BRICK, GET NOTE WIRE, GET NOTE,
READ NOTE (refers to what to do to open the grate with the help of the flagstone
in the brick lined passage), S, E, E, N, N, U, S, S, SW, N, N, N, LIFT ARMOURED
ARM, N, D, LOOK FLAGSTONES (one of the stones is slightly higher than the
others), SAY ROBERT "STAND FLAGSTONE", SAY ROBERT "STAY", E, E, PULL LEVER (you
can't quite reach it), DROP SUITCASE, STAND ON SUITCASE, PULL LEVER (the grate
opens), W, W, SAY ROBERT "FOLLOW", E, E, STAND ON SUITCASE, PULL LEVER (you go
down a chute and fly into the wine cellar), GET DIARY, READ DIARY (belongs to
the butler), U, S, E, LOOK BOOKS, GET LETTER, READ LETTER (to the cook from the
butler), W, N, N, U, S, S, SW, N, N, N, N, D, E, E, S, E, REMOVE COAT, E, LOOK
TILES, PUSH TILE UNICORN, PUSH TILE CHIMERA, PUSH TILE MEDUSA (the mausoleum
door swings open), E, LOOK BONES, GET RING, LOOK RING, W, W, N, W, W, U, S, S,
S, S, S (you have scored 100%).
Solution by boldir, October 2023
