Right, Let's get chapter 3 on the road - Scene setting: Mr. Sneed is dead. Enjoy...
Mood Killer...
Flora and Luke followed the Professor and the other guests down a long corridor, where, at the end of it, a door marked 'Kitchen' stood. This was apparently the murder scene - Le Farris opened the door. Layton bent down to his children as they went to enter the room.
"No," he said "I can't have you in there. You're both too young to set your eyes on anything like this."
Flora again felt patronised and annoyed, but didn't exactly want to argue -
"Right," She muttered, nervously. "What do we do?"
"Gather the suspects."
"Who are the suspects?" Luke asked.
"Oh," Flora replied "Everyones a suspect until proven otherwise!"
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"Zo," The inspector asked Rosemary "How old was ze victim? What was he doing at ze time of ze incident? Was he in here?"
"Well," Scoffed Maria "If this is where the body is then, evidently, he was in here!"
The inspector looked embarresed, he waggled his finger at her nervously
"Ah, Zat is, erm, a very good point, Maria. But please, I was asking your Mother!"
"Well," Rosemary said "To answer all your questions, He was 62. He'd been in here preparing food all morning, so, yes - he would have been in here."
"Right," The Professor started "I think we should probably gather all of you in the living room and establish what you were doing earlier to - "
"Excusemoi?" Le Farris interupted, angrily "What do you zink you are doing? Please refrain from butting in when I am trying to zolve a moider! You must ask to speak! Anyway, I zink we should probably gather all of you in ze living room and establish what you were doing earlier today."
Everyone stared at him, as he flashed the Professor a smug smile, before clapping his hands and screeching "Chop, Chop!!!"
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Flora and Luke wondered where everyone had gone, before realising that they were probably all in the kitchen, waiting to catch a glance at the body of Mr. Sneed.
"Flora, Luke?" Shouted Maria, from the back of the garden where they were standing "The Inspector wants everyone in the living room!"
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"Zo," The inspector started, as he stared evilly at all the guests "Miss Peacock - Please tell us what you were doing earlier today."
"Well," She said "I was in the toilet, getting ready for the party. Then I heard the screaming of Mrs. Grimshaw, and immeadiatley ran back downstairs to see what all the fuss was about."
"Right, Rosemary?"
"I was upstairs, helping my husband find a nice tie for today's party."
"Can you confir-" The Professor started.
"Excusemoi - Again!" Le Farris hissed "Don't interrupt - Again! Zo, can you confirm that, Mr. Smith?"
Micheal nodded.
"Well Zen, Zat sorts you out, also. Reverend Hope?"
"Ah," He recalled "I was cycling up here on my new bicycle. I met Miss. Redmond on my way, lovely woman! We exchanged small talk and spoke about the events of the past week. She's getting married next week you know! And she's just had a baby."
"Frankly, I don't care about zis so - called Lovely woman - I just wanted to know what you were doing, earlier - not a life story! Doctor Constance?"
Doctor Constance snored - he had fallen asleep.
"Aha - " Laughed The inspector "I think it was something to do with your story, Reverend!"
"Maria? Peter? How about you?" The professor asked - Le Farris didn't think it was worth it to remind Layton who was supposed to be running this investigation.
"Well," Started Peter "I was with Maria, talking to our waitress, Gwyneth!"
"Talking to Gwyneth!?" Maria shouted "Talking to her!? I was talking to her! You were cursing her for slacking on the job!!!"
The pair started to yell at eachother, annoyingly.
"Ah, That's everyone. So - if it wasn't a guest - It must have been Mrs. Grimshaw, Gwneth Mayers of Matthew Peters. But which one?..."
"OR!" Yelled Doctor Constance, waking, suddenly from his slumber "It could have been - the Leprocaun!"
All the guests gasped, Agnes gulped uneasily.
"The Leprocaun?" Luke asked.
"The Leprocaun is a thief! Not just that - A crook! No - worse! He's EVILLLLL!!!" Shouted Hope - casting his arms violently in the air. Before sitting down and smiling at everyone.
"Why call it 'The Leprocaun'?" Flora said.
"Because," Agnes muttered, nervously. "You know that she, or, erm, he might be there - but you can't see them. Although, erm, the Leprocaun is just a theif. She, no, he has never murdered!"
"Anyway," Said Le Farris "Leprocaun or no Leprocaun - I WILL solve this case!"
Hmm, Which member of staff do YOU think was the Murderer? Or maybe it WAS the Leprocaun? Maybe it was neither and it really is one of the guests? Find out soon!