Chapter Six
Mr. Green and company arrived in the Lounge. They hurriedly headed for the Hall. Finding nobody there, they moved on to the Study, which was also empty, except of course for the dead body of Mr. Boddy.
"How did that get there?!" shrieked Mrs. Peacock.
"The other group must've moved it for some reason to try to scare us." said Mrs. White. They all stared at the awful sight before them for several minutes until Plum broke the silence.
"All right, where to now, Mrs. White?"
"The next room, the Library." answered Peacock before Mrs. White could open her mouth. They headed over without incident to find nothing of notice…except of course the dead body of another servant. She seemed to have been eating a poisoned pastry of some sort, according to Mr. Green.
"A napoleon, as a matter of fact." said Mrs. Peacock. "So, two have died tonight. This must stop now! Plum, go with Green to the Billiard room next door and find some way to arm yourselves. Meet Mrs White and I at the front door in the hall. We can still stop them!"
Green headed next door with Plum, going over everything he knew about the case. He absentmindedly grabbed a cue stick, and then stopped short.
"What is it, Green?" asked Plum.
"I- I know who the murderer is." he said in a shaky voice. "Mrs. Peacock killed Mr. Boddy."
"How do you know that?" Plum asked, his voice filled with dread.
"Simple. Let me review the facts:
1. I called out for all to come to the Library when I found him. She was there first, even before the butler and Mrs. White.
2. I saw her running to the Kitchen when we all rushed to find the source of the "SHOT". She was much farther away from the Library, and would've looked in the surrounding rooms once she heard me yelling.
3. She claimed she "didn't even know how to handle a gun", yet she recognized the gun we found as the same one that killed him. If she didn't know how to handle a gun, she definitely never could have recognized the gun we found."
"You're right! It was under our noses the whole time, yet we failed to see it!" Plum said. "Grab some extra cue sticks in case we meet up with the other group. She's obviously dangerous."