Ghost of Marnie Anderson

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famous English actress
celebrate the life of a
Stratford, England, to
Castle Wellington in
Mattie Wellington at
party given by Lady A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery

requested at a formal The Ghost of Marnie Andersen
Your presence is
Date: __________________
type party date, press tab
The Ghost of Marnie Andersen
A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery
Time: __________________
type party time, press tab Sam’s great-aunt Lady Mattie, has
invited Sam and her friends to her
Location: type
_______________
location, press tab castle in Stratford, England. The
occasion being a party that Sam’s
Dress: _________________
mid-19th century attire
great-aunt gives each year in memory
of a famous actress who lived in this
old castle from 1630 to 1650. The
RSVP: _______________
type party rsvp, press tab
event will include a formal English
buffet supper, 19th century music and
You are invited to take the part of: games, and of course, a mystery.
_______________________
paste character name, press enter
The Ghost of Marnie Andersen
SAMANTHA ELIZABETH DAW ES-SMYTHE - You are the much loved 16 year-old grand niece
of Lady Mattie W ellington, lately of W ellington Cast le, Stratford, England. You have never
visited your great aunt in her castle, and this weekend i s special because she has also invited your
four best friends. You are a typical teenager, and you excel i n school. You play alto sax in your
schoo l’s jazz band and a lso study ba llet. Your fr i ends ca ll you SAM.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for party; (see enclosed example), casual c lothing for
breakfast, nighty
Props: sheet music
ALLISON KATZ You are Samantha’s best fr i end and next door neighbor. You love danc ing,
espec ially ba llet, better than schoo l or anything. You think this is go ing to be a super weekend
staying i n a real castle in England and hope to meet some nice Engli sh boys. Your friends call you
ALLIE
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for party; ( see enc losed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, nighty.
Props: ballet shoes
BARBARELLA DAHL - You are descended from an o ld ari stocratic fam i ly and want to become a
fashion model more than anything else in the wor ld. You love lots of good and expens i ve clothes
and have more clothes than any of your friends. You also are very vain about your beautifu l hair
and are always combing or brushing it. You are also excited about the upcom i ng weekend and look
forward to v isiti ng with another member of “roya lty”. Your fr i ends ca ll you BARBIE.
Suggested c lothing: designer 1850s ball dress for party, ( see enc losed example), designer casual
clothing for breakfast, nighty.
Props: hair brush and m i rror
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ANASTASIA OAKLEY - You, at 16, are very athletic and aspire to the Olympics next year. You
have been trying out for your high school football team for the past two years w ithout success,
but wi ll not give up trying. You are really a good quarterback, thanks to your oldest brother. You
also li ke poetry and wr i te a fa i r amount of poetry yourse lf. Your fr i ends ca ll you ANNIE.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ba ll dress ( this does not appeal to you); ( see enclosed example), casua l
cloth i ng for breakfast, PJs
Props: footba ll and book of poems
GEORGETTE W HIZ - You are the most intelli gent of your 16 year old friends - especially i n math
and soc i al sciences. You enjoy solving diff icult problems and you tutor your fr i ends on W ednesday
even i ngs, over p i zza and coke. You are a lso a coke freak. Your fr i ends ca ll you GEE.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party ( see enclosed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, Pjs.
Props: math book and a 6-pack of caffeine-free coke.
GEORGIAN NA PEACH - You are the 15 year old daughter of an Engli sh lord and an Australian
business woman. You li ve in London each summer and Sydney each w inter. Your fam ily owns a
mansion in both cities and you have tons of friends. You are looking forward to meet i ng Sam and
her friends from the U.S. Your friends call you GEORGIA after an American aunt.
breakfast, nighty.
Props: pictures of your homes in London and Sydney.
THERESA BELLE - You are the 16 year o ld daughter of a Shakespearean actor. You live in
Stratford and are studying acting and dance at Covent Garden. You have been selected to play
a small part in your school’s production of “Twelfth Night”. Your friends call you TINKER.
breakfast, nighty.
Props: book of plays by Shakespeare
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ROBERTA SOX You are the 16 year o ld cous i n of Georgia. Horses are your passion and you
attend one of the most prestigious Engli sh rid i ng schools in London. You’ve l ived i n London al l your
life and never want to li ve anywhere else, but, you’d love to visit the U.S. and see some real
western rodeos. Your fr i ends ca ll you BOBBIE.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party ( see enc losed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, Pjs.
Props: books or pictures of horses
LADY MATTIE W ELLINGTON, your hostess, is Samantha Elizabeth Dawes-Smythe’s great aunt
and the m i stress of Castle W el li ngton. She has lived in Stratford, England since she was 3 years
old and was married to S ir W illi am W el li ngton at the age of 18. S ir W illi am, who is rumored to
have been a romant i c rogue, died f i ght i ng a dua l 3 years later. Lady Matt i e never re-marr ied.
She enterta i ns frequent ly in the cast le, her home which she inher i ted from her late husband.
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ROBERTA SOX You are the 16 year old cousin of Georgia. Horses are your passion and you
attend one of the most prestigious Engli sh rid i ng schools i n London. You’ve lived i n London all your
breakfast, Pjs.
PAULINE DOTTE - You are a 16 year old typical Engli lsh gal who just loves mysteries and have
read most of Agatha Chr i st i and Oliver W endell Holmes. You have been to Sam’s Aunt Matt i e’s
castle many times and have never seen M arnie Andersen’s “ghost”, but continue to hope that she’ll
appear dur i ng one of your v isi ts. Your fr i ends ca ll you POLKA.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party, ( see enclosed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, Pjs
Props: A few Agatha Christi novels
PENELOPE TAYLE - You are the 16 year old niece of the Earl of Stanwick and have actually seen
Marnie’s “ghost” when you visited Lady M attie’s castle last year. You love mysteries, but your
pass i on i s tennis and hope someday to p lay at W i mbledon. Your fr i ends ca ll you PONY.
Suggested c lothing: 1850s ball dress for the party, ( see enc losed example), casual clothing for
breakfast, Pjs
Props: tennis racquet
have been a romant i c rogue, died f i ght i ng a dua l 3 years later. Lady Matt i e never re-marr ied.
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ROBERTA SOX You are the 16 year o ld cous i n of Georgia. Horses are your passion and you
attend one of the most prestigious Engli sh rid i ng schools in London. You’ve l ived i n London al l your
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party ( see enc losed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, Pjs.
PAULINE DOTTE - You are a 16 year old typical Engli lsh gal who just loves mysteries and have
read most of Agatha Chr i st i and Oliver W endell Holm es. You have been to Sam’s Aunt Matt i e’s
castle many times and have never seen Marnie Andersen’s “ghost”, but continue to hope that she’ll
appear dur i ng one of your v isi ts. Your fr i ends ca ll you POLKA.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party, ( see enc losed example), casual c l othing for
breakfast, Pjs
Props: A few Agatha Christi novels
PENELOPE TAYLE - You are the 16 year o ld niece of the Earl of Stanwick and have actually seen
Marnie’s “ghost” when you visited Lady M attie’s castle last year. You love mysteries, but your
pass i on i s tennis and hope someday to p lay at W i mbledon. Your fr i ends ca ll you PONY.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party, ( see enclosed example), casua l clothing for
breakfast, Pjs
Props: tennis racquet
THEODORA BAER - Your family is prom i nent in the financial world, particularly banking. You are
interested in the solar system and are in the process of creating a text book to i ntroduce other
young people your age to the myster i es of the so lar system. Your fr i ends ca ll you TEDDY.
Suggested clothing: 1850s ball dress for the party, ( see enc losed example), casual clothing for
breakfast, Pjs.
Props: books about the solar system
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VIRGINIA SNAPP - Your flair for creating fashion out of nothing has given you an edge w ith
your friends. They are a lways asking your advice on what to wear for special school events and
other occas i ons. Your fr i ends ca ll you GINGER.
Suggested cloth i ng: 1850s ball dress you have designed for the party ( see enclosed examp le),
casual clothing for breakfast, Pjs.
have been a romant i c rogue, died f i ght i ng a dua l 3 years later. Lady Matt i e never re-married.
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I'm sorry I can't visit you per-
sonally tonigh. Although I'd love
to meet you all, especially Barbie,
who wants to be a model.
I always wanted to be a model,

too, just as someone in my
household wanted to be an actress
like me.
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Servants of the Castle and their Descendants

Winthorp Eliza
1600 - 1661 1615 - 1665
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Castle Wellington
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: natural
causes causes
Butler to Marnie, he was Cook for Marnie
said to be a dashing man
Winthorp II
Antoninette
1630 - 1700
1650 - 1683
Born in Grenoble, France
Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Stratford, England
Died in Stratford, England
Cause of death: at home
Cause of death: in a
of natural causes
hospital from unkown illness
Charles Giselli Danielle Emil
1672 - 1736 1685 - 1751 1673 - 1716 1665 - 1715
Born in Stratford England Born in Marseilles, France Born in Stratford, England Born in London, England
Died in Grenoble, France Died in Paris, France Died in Stratford, England Died in Stratford England
Cause of death: at home Cause of death: son Louis' Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at home
from tuberculosis home of natural causes from loneliness from a weak heart
Louis
Chantal
1710 - 1760
1735 - 1770
Born in Paris, France
Born in Paris, France
Died in Paris, France
Died in Paris, France
Cause of death: unknown,
Cause of death: murdered
at home
in her lover's home
Allain Marie
1755 - 1825 1765 - 1820
Born in Paris, France Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Grenoble, France Died in Stratford, England
Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at son
from a broken heart Winthorp's home from
heart failure
Winthorp III Francoise

1790 1793 - 1833
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Lyon, France
Bulter to Mattie Died in Castle Wellington
Cause of death:
pneumonia
Armand
1814
Born in Stratford, England
Gardener to Mattie
Servants of the Castle and their Descendants
Clarice Pierre
1601 - 1651 1600 - 1623
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Paris, France
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Beaux Park
Cause of death: unknown Cause of death: gun shot
illness during a duel
Marnie's housekeeper
Widowed at a rather
young age
Aimee Chaucer
1622 - 1665 1612 - 1675
Born in Grenoble, France Born in London, England
Died in Castle Wellington Died in Kensington, England
Cause of death: childbirth Cause of death: knife
Marnie's personal maid wound from a duel
Clarice's daughter married Gardener to Marnie
to Chaucer in later life when he was young and
after he calmed down a wild, he fought and won a
bit few duals
Gorges Emilie
1665 - 1740 1690 - 1751
Born in London, England Born in York England
Died in Stratford, England Died in Kensington, England
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: at home
causes due to natural causes
Allain Nicole
1720 - 1780 1735 - 1794
Born in Kensington, England Born in Bordeauz, France
Died in Kensington, England Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: murdered Cause of death: at son
by a jealous lover at Arnaut's home after years
Bear's Claw Tavern of ill heath
Arnaut Annette
1765 - 1825 1773 - 1800
Born in Birmingham, England Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Asbury Park Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: suicide Cause of death: childbirth
Hattie Georges Dominique Lynette Renoir
1794 1790 1795 1800 - 1824 1790 - 1850
Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France Born in Grenoble, France
Laundress for Mattie Cook for Mattie Died in Grenoble, France Died in Grenoble, France
Cause of death: childbirth Cause of death: natural
causes, at home
Georges II Bette Derislaux Julinette Ellie
1810 - 1850 1812 - 1890 1812 1825 - 1865 1824
Born in Stratford, England Born in Stratford, England Born in Grenoble, France Born in London, England Born in Grenoble, France
Died in Kensington, England Died in Stratford, England Died in Portland, England
Cause of death: natural Cause of death: thrown
causes from a horse
Nicholas
1843
Born in London, England
Charles
1844
Born in London, England
Marnie’s Servants
(Log #1)
Marnie’s servants all originated from the south of France, in the town of Grenoble. From my
memory and according to information which has been passed down from generation to genera-
tion and finally to me, (the youngest in my immediate family), the following are the names
and titles of Marnie’s servants during her 20 years of life here in this castle. She came here
with her brother at the age of 10 and died at the age of 30. These same servants, and then
their descendants, have remained in the castle to serve throughout the years, up to the present
days.
Winthorp butler he was said to be a dashing man

Chaucer gardener when he was young and wild, he fought and won a few duals.
Ariel laundress she was beautiful when whe was young, however hard work turned
her hair gray while she was in her 20s. She was so talented that
Marnie often chose her to act in many of the plays she produced to
entertain her guests.
Eliza cook married to the dashing Winthorp
Aimee maid Marnie’s personal maid - she was Clarice’s daughter and I believe,
ended up married to Chaucer in later life after he calmed down a
bit. She died a year or so later giving birth to Georges. That was
the same year Marnie died.
Clarice housekeeper widowed at a rather young age, I heard.
Staunton chauffeur not much is known - he was smart but not overly handsome, and
came to work for Marnie when he was 23. He was said to have
been in love with Ariel. As far as I know, he was not part of the
family of Winthorp and Clarice - family history unknown. He
suddenly married a woman names Antoinette who was employed in
an adjacent estate, but always loved Ariel and would do anything
for her. He was killed 10 years after Marnie died.
...Years ago, I asked my; grand-mere why some of their names and ours were not French - she
said that we servants from Grenoble preferred to Anglicize our names after serving in
England for awhile. English names were considered more dignified.
Lady Mattie’s Servants
(Log #2)
(Completed in January 1850 by Ellie and pieced together from docu-

ments and handwritten notes meticulously preserved and passed down in
the family)
Those of us who are Lady Mattie’s servants are all from
Grenoble, France, as were Marnie’s. We are all direct descendants of
one or more of Marnie’s servants, and somehow, distantly related to
each other, according to legend.
I am the youngest and the last in my immediate family to
serve the castle. I am a direct descendant of Aimee. Winthorp III,
Lady Mattie’s butler, a direct descendant of the first Winthorp, Marnie’s
butler, has a son, Armand, who is Lady Mattie’s gardener. He has been
paying a bit of attention to me lately. I don’t mind.
My memory, not being what it should be these days, simply does
not lend itself to remembering all the people in between Marnie’s and
Mattie’s servants, however to the best of my ability to piece together
all the handwritten notes and legal documents, I’ve done my best to
preserve the family history. There’s a “family tree” around here (I
thinkWinthorp has it). If he does have it, then maybe I can fill in the
blanks soon.
Lady Mattie’s servants as of Jan. 1850
Winthorp III butler - age 60 - descendant of the first Winthorp

Armand gardener - age 36 - son of Winthorp II and
Francoise and great, great, great, great grandson of
Winthorp and Eliza
Dominique cook - age 55
Ellie maid/housekeeper - age 26 - descendant of Aimee
Georges II carriage driver (chauffeur) - age 40
Hattie laundress - age 56
I know by now, you probably don’t believe in me - but you
are looking in the wrong place. It’s not Ellie - really -
I mean, she’s not the “ghost”!
If you really want to know how I died - you must go back

to 1649.”
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their fiancees from

London, paid me a visit for a month, on their way to
France. My cousin Emily’s fiancee in particular, namely,
Charles, the Earl of Northbrook, was so dashing, he practically
and literally swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
not encourage him, although I did not ignore him either.
He would have fought a dual for me, I know, if there had
been someone to dual with.
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal maid, was

smitten and he also with her. Now, this is an unusual
circumstance, you see, because servants were not to flirt
with the aristocracy and vice-versa.
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at each other, rather

lovingly, I might add, and left in a huff. I can’t blame
her. I was just happy she didn’t see how I looked at him,
too. Well, I feel I must continue, having gotten this far.
Emily came back to the castle for a visit - alone. One

night she came upstairs - presumably to go to bed - when she
apparently saw a dim candle light in the turret and saw
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someone arranging books on a table. (I often did this
myself - it was my favorite hideaway, you see). And, Aimee
often came into the turret to pick up and re-arrange things
also.
I saw her stop and I simply turned and wished her a “good
night” and since she was leaving early the next morning, I
bid her “good bye” also. I had the feeling she was startled
to see me there. I finished what I was doing and went to
my rooms and changed into my white night dress, then
suddenly remembered that I wanted a book to read, returned
to the turret and as I was reaching for a book from the table
someone, unseen by me, came up behind me and with a
scarf, quickly wrapped it around my neck and choked the
life out of...ME. She was so startled and hopefully, appalled
at what she’d done.
she quickly removed the scarf from my neck, took the key
from a table, hustled out of the turret and locked me
inside, dropping the key and the scarf on the floor outside
the door. I think she must have heard someone coming and
probably disappeared into one of the rooms off the hallway.
You may wonder why I say “she”. I never saw the person’s
face, but I just think it was a “she”. I also think Emily
was the Inspector’s chief suspect because she left so abruptly
- but it could never be proven. No one was charged.
Later, when I was missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton,

had driven Emily in the carriage to a hotel in town, my
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butler, Winthorp, found the key to the turret on the floor and
found my body inside. Now that everyone knows what
happened, I will not haunt the castle again. I left many
messages and clues around in the past 200 years, but no one
really took me seriously before. Thank you dear friends!
Please solve this mystery for me so I can rest in peace.
My burning question is, who would want to kill me? And

why? What was her motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have bothered me all these
years.
Could it have been my distant cousin, Emily, or her sister?

Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? Or even Aimee? Certainly
not Winthorp, Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved Ariel,
you know, but I knew. I can hardly believe any of these
would harm me. Please help!
Love, Marnie
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Ariel’s Diary
3 September 1650
I’ Ariel, desperately want to be an actress. I

know I have talent. Marnie tells me I do. She
lets me have all the good parts in her little
plays. Staunton believes in me and would do
almost anything for me. But, he doesn’t have
any influence with Marnie. Marnie doesn’t
really know how jealous I am of her, nor does
she encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
becoming a real actress. I actually think
Marnie deliberately keeps me from realizing
my dreams. She thinks she’s keeping me happy
just continuing to give me amateur parts in
her amateur plays.
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When Marnie’s cousins came to give her the
news about the new play, I was more desperate
than ever. I can’t contain myself. I want so
much to ask Marnie if I can go with her to the
tryouts. I don’t dare ask her. How can I get
there? Marnie most certainly will not let me
go. Should I ask Staunton to drive me? No, I
can’t do that - he’ll be driving HER.
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. She

came back alone to visit Marnie. I can get rid
of Marnie, put the blame on Emily and be free
to try out for the play myself. Staunton will
be free to drive me to town for the tryouts.
I’ll ask him when Emily is due to leave, so I
can make my plans.
I asked Staunton - he said Emily is leaving

early tomorrow morning. This will give me
plenty of time. I’ll spy on Marnie and Emily to
find the perfect opportunity.
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I saw Emily stop at the turret to say ‘good-bye’
to Marnie and then she retired to her rooms.
I saw Marnie go to her rooms, then almost
immediately back to the turret. This was my
chance. I tip toed to the turret, so she
wouldn’t hear me, picked up the red scarf from
the table in the hallway and came up behind
her, wrapped the scarf around her neck and
pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to the floor
and I quickly left, remembering to lock the
door behind me. I hears someone coming, so I
dropped the scarf and the key running across
the hall to the linen closet. Luckily it was
unlocked, so I hid there until the coast was
clear.
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4 September 1650.
Well, it sure has been exciting here. Winthorp
found the scarf and key on the floor, unlocked
the door and found Marnie lying on the floor
inside the turret. Meanwhile, Staunton was
driving Emily in the carriage to a hotel in
town. Winthorp sent one of the neighbors for
the local constable and the constable and
Staunton arrived about the same time.
Staunton had to go back into town and bring
Emily back to the castle for interrogation,
much to her chagrin.
Winthorp explained he went looking for Marnie

when she didn’t come down for breakfast, saw
the scarf and key on the floor in front of the
turret door and opened the door to investigate.
Emily was a suspect, but it could not be proven
that she was near the turret. Then, of all
things, I missed the tryouts, because the
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of us
and ordered us to remain at the castle until
they completed the investigation. I am really
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upset. I did all this for nothing. I’ve got to
leave - I’ll go into the city, maybe I’ll get
another chance. Or, maybe I’ll go live like a
hermit in the country. I’ll leave soon, as soon
as the investigation is complete, so no one will
suspect me.
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SCOTLAND YARD
REPORT OF DEATH
NAME OF DECEDENT: Marnie Andersen
DATE OF INCIDENT: 4 September, 1650
DISPATCHED BY: Local Stratford Constable, Harry Sommes
TIME OF DISPATCH: 9:03 PM
DATE OF DISPATCH: 4 September, 1650
WHO PRONOUNCED THE DECEDENT DEAD: Dr. P. Watson, coroner
TIME AND DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 9:33 PM, 4 September,

1650
WHERE WAS DECEDENT PRONOUNCED: at residence - Castle

rd
Wellington - inside 3 floor turret room
WHO IDENTIFIED THE DECEDENT: Winthorp, the butler and Aimee

the maid
HOW IS THE IDENTIFIER RELATED TO DECEDENT: household staff
ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: Castle Wellington, Stratford
AGE:30 SEX: F RACE: W DOB: 1 May, 1620
NEXT OF KIN: RELATIONSHIP: Emily Hart, distant cousin (not

yet notified)
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ADDRESS OF NOK: 12 Blaine Lane, London
PRIVATE PHYSICIAN: Henry Oglethorp, M.D.
THE DECEDENT
DATE AND TIME DECEDENT WAS FOUND: 4 Sept. , 8:30 PM
DECEDENT FOUND BY: RELATIONSHIP: Winthorp, butler
DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE DECEDENT WAS

DISCOVERED: Butlerwas performing nightly patrol of castle -
saw key on floor outside turret & red silk scarf on flr. a
few ft. away. Butler unlocked door and found decedent
lying face up on flr., not breathing. Butler sent
chauffeur, Staunton for constable
WHEN WAS THE DECEDENT LAST SEEN ALIVE, AND BY WHOM:

4 Sept, approx. 6:30 PM by Emily Hart
WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Saw Ms. Andersen in turret -

said Good-bye as she was leaving next morning - instead,
she left shortly after Staunton returned, acc. to
Staunton.
WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF DECEDENT WHEN LAST SEEN ALIVE:

unknown, but presumably alive and well
MEDICAL HISTORY
DOES THE DECEDENT HAVE A MEDICAL HISTORY: none known

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ARE THERE ANY MEDICATIONS PRESENT (IF SO, LIST): none evident
DID DECEDENT HAVE ANY BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT HAVE

BEEN RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT: none known
THE SCENE
DESCRIBE POSITION OF DECEDENT WHEN HE/SHE WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND:

decedent was found lying on her back, beside table. One
open book was beside her righthand on the floor.
WAS DECEDENT MOVED BY ANYONE FROM THIS ORIGINAL POSITION: no

DETAILS: NA
DESCRIBE CLOTHING OF THE DECEDENT: wearing long white night

dress
DESCRIBE APPARENT INJURIES TO BODY: none apparent, pending

thorough exam
DESCRIBE ARTIFACT OR PARAPHERNALIA FOUND AT THE SCENE RELEVANT

TO THIS INVESTIGATION:
key and red silk scarf on floor outside turret room. Key
fits turret room door. Red silkscarf not familiar to any
household member
DID DECEDENT HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH LOCATION WHERE FOUND:

yes. According to Aimee, decedent liked to study her
scripts here for hours at a time.
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TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS
WAS BODY TRANSPORTED FROM PLACE OF DEATH TO ANOTHER LOCATION:
YES: X NO:
IF YES, WHO AUTHORIZED TRANSPORT: household staff
FOR WHAT PURPOSE WAS TRANSPORT AUTHORIZED:

preparation for memorial service and burial
DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
CITY WHERE DEATH OCCURRED: Stratford
DATE AND TIME OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 4 September, 1650, 9:33 PM
rd
PLACE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: residence - Castle Wellington, 3 flr.
turret room
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH:

pending thorough physical examination - possible natural
causes, coronary occlusion, or possible homicide due to
mysterious circumstances in which decedent was found.
SIGNATURE AND BADGE NUMBER OF INSPECTOR:
S. Holmes #44679 4 September, 1650, 9:43 PM

SAM’S CLUE - read by SAM
In 1649, a year before Marnie Andersen’s death, when she was 29,
a mature actress, but still extremely beautiful, relatives
from London visited her for a month. They had news for her,
that her uncle, (a famous actor), wished for her to try out for
a play that was to be performed for royalty.
ANNIE’S CLUE - read by ANNIE
The turret room was locked when the butler found Marnie
there. The butler found the key on the floor outside the
room. A red silk scarf was found a few feet from the door
on the floor.
ALLIE’S CLUE - read by ALLIE
All of Marnie’s servants came from the same town in

southern France.
BARBIE’S CLUE - read by BARBIE
Lady Mattie’s servants came from the same town in

southern France as Marnie’s servants.
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The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
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ADULT HOST
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THE GHOST OF MARNIE ANDERSEN where the Adult Host playing “Lady Mattie” will greet
them.
This guide is designed to aid the ADULT HOST, playing
the part of LADY MATTIE WELLINGTON, in preparing Please remind the young guests that they should not
for the party, and guiding the mystery party game read beyond the end of each scene, nor read clues until
guests through each scene, resulting in the mystery directed to do so in their GUEST MANUALS.
being solved in a timely and organized fashion. Remember to lead the players in discussions after each
clue is read and other appropriate times as the mystery
Lady Mattie’s character, which has a major part in the progresses.
script, is designed to help keep the party organized, the
rules observed, and the young players in order. The The game takes place in 1850 and begins about
Adult Host, as Lady Mattie, should dress in 1850s 3:30PM, upon arrival at Castle Wellington and is played
period dress as do the young guests. in thirteen scenes, the first five scenes taking place in
the evening, and the final eight the next morning,
The Adult Host is also responsible for aiding the young searching for the “Ghost Note” and attempting to solve
hostess, playing SAM, in casting her guests according the mystery of Marnie’s death.
to the character profiles printed with the invitations and
mailing the invitations early enough to receive her
RSVPs. Also, please remember to include examples of GAME CONTENTS (For 12, 10 and 8 young players)
period dress with the invitations.
All items printed from the party file. Mark the check box
It is also the Adult Host’s duty to help bring each scene to ensure a complete kit.
to an end (appropriate times to go back to the buffet,
end the meal, begin discussions, end the day, etc., etc.) PartiPlanner for Adult Host (you’re reading it)
Includes:
The Adult Host is responsible for setting the scene, Menus, Recipes & Shopping List
identifying the various rooms in the castle by utilizing Game Ideas
room signs (library, 3rd floor ballroom, turret, guest Adult Host Manuals for 12, 10 or 8 players
bedrooms, dining room, Ellie’s room) and Marnie’s “Ghost Note” (Scene 5 and Scene 10)
portrait in the ballroom. 3 Blank Note Pages (Scene 11)
Marnie’s Portrait
Optionally enlist the help of a male to play the part of 6 Room Signs
Winthorp III, butler, who will greet the guests upon their “Castle Wellington” Sign
arrival at the “castle” and show them to the “library”, Invitations (11, 9 or 7)
PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 12, 10, 8 PLAYERS 1 PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 12, 10, 8 PLAYERS 2
Invited Guest Profiles (12, 10 or 8) For 8 Players
(Include 11, 9 or 7 with Invitations)
Examples of Period Dress (12, 10 or 8) Samantha Elizabeth Dawes-Smythe (Sam)
(Include 11, 9 or 7 with Invitations) Allison Katz (Allie)
Thank You Cards (11, 9 or 7) Anastasia Oakley (Annie)
Guest Manuals - for 12, 10 or 8 Young Players Barbarella Dahl (Barbie)
4 Clues (Scenes 5, 7, and 8) Georgette Whiz (Gee)
Place Cards (13, 11 or 9) Georgianna Peach (Georgia)
Log # 1 Marnie’s Servants (Scene 7) Theresa Bell (Tinker)
Log # 2 Lady Mattie’s Servants (Scene 8) Roberta Sox (Bobbie)
“Family Trees” (Scene 10)
“Letter from Marnie” (Scene 12) Add for 10 Players
“Hidden Clue Note” (Scene 11)
“Scotland Yard Inspector’s Report” (Scene 10) Pauline Dotte (Polka)
“Ariel’s Diary” (5 pages) (Scene 13) Penelope Tayle (Pony)
Prop usage slips, which you can attach to each
prop to organize your party. Add for 12 Players
PARTY PROPS YOU PROVIDE Theodora Baer (Teddy)

Envelopes for Invitations (11, 9 or 7) Virginia Snapp (Ginger)
announcement size work nicely
4 envelopes for clues (Scenes 5, 7, and 8)
3 envelopes (Scene 11) OTHER CHARACTERS (those in bold type play
Long white dress (Scene 9) active parts in the party).
Croquet Game or Tenpins (optional)
Ouija Board (optional) i Adult host: Lady Mattie Wellington - Sam’s
Music during supper in the Ballroom, such as great-aunt and the Mistress of Castle
Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikowsky, Brahms, and Wellington
Strauss i Optional, Winthorp III - butler, who greets the
Books stacked on tables or shelves in “Library” guests on their arrival at the castle.
Possible prizes for most original and most i Ellie Lady Mattie’s maid (Scene 13 only - see
obvious solutions to the mystery. ** in Party Preparations for suggestion)
i Audette - mystery character brought to the
THE GUESTS castle by Ellie (Scene 13 only - see ** in Party
Party Preparations for suggestion) It’s important to the plot that you hide all materials at the
i Marnie Andersen - seventh century actress- times specified. Use the prop usage slips to help you.
comedienne
i Dominique - cook, who prepares the supper and Please keep Scene 13's dialogue, characters and plot
breakfast a surprise to the guests.
PARTY PREPARATION **
It is assumed you have printed all the materials from the Just a suggestion: Ellie’s and Audette’s characters
party file before continuing to prepare for the party. may be played by two parents who are picking up the
girls at the end of the party. The “Scene 13 Scripts”
Mail out your invitations at least two weeks before your could be handed to them secretly upon their arrival and
party date. If you have not received a reply seven days “Ariel’s Diary” to the parent who will play “Audette”.
before your party, phone the guest and confirm she is
planning to attend. You need all characters at the party
so finding out in plenty of time to invite another guest is THE DAY BEFORE THE PARTY COLLECT AND
highly recommended. Use the Party Planner at the end PREPARE THE PROPS (Enlist the help of friends
of this booklet to help you. and/or parents)
A few days before your party, purchase your food Prepare the buffet dishes (recipes included in
supplies; see the shopping list near the end of this this booklet)
booklet. Set the buffet table with a table cloth and floral
center piece and candles
Carefully read the Adult Manual before the party. Set out china, flatware and glasses for the
guests, and use your most attractive serving
Guests’ instructions are printed in green in all dishes, as the buffet is hosted in the ballroom in
manuals. In the Adult Manuals, Lady Mattie’s Lady Mattie Wellington’s castle
instructions and dialogue are printed in purple. Hang Marnie’s portrait in ballroom
‘Letter from Marnie’, ‘clues’, and ‘Ariel’s Diary’ are Hang the room signs
printed in brown, and Ellie’s and Audette’s dialogue Hang “Castle Wellington” sign on the front door
are printed in red. Everything printed in purple, Croquet game or tenpins (set up in yard before
brown and red in the Adult Manual are NOT printed guests arrive)
in the Guests’ Manuals, but are separate documents Write a guest name on each guest manual (their
to be read by the ‘Guests’. character name)
Cut out each “clue” and place them in separate
envelopes with the ‘clue reader’s’ name on each OUTDOOR GAMES
envelope (used in Scenes 5, 7, and 8)
Fold the “Ghost Note” and place in its envelope. CROQUET is believed to have originated in France as
Write: “To Be Opened By Lady Mattie’s paille-maille. Later it became the English game of pall-
Overnight Guests” on the envelope, and on the mall (pronounced pell-mell).
inside flap, write in ink, “Look for a “clue” under
Sam’s pillow” Croquet is played with wooden balls and mallets, sets of
Cut out “Find a hidden Clue” (for Scene 11) which are sold in many game, toy and hardware stores.
You may want to place the prop usage slips on The object of the game is to navigate a course of wire
each prop. arches or wickets as shown in the drawing below. The
distance between stakes (up to 70 feet) may be
adjusted for conditions in your plot of ground.
Any number of persons up to ten may play. Each may

play for himself alone, but if you have an even number
Now you’re ready for a SimpliFun party. of players it is customary to play as teams. Ten players
might form two teams of five each, or five teams of two
each. Eight players might form two teams of four each
or four teams of two each. With five players, it is best
for each player to play for himself alone.
Each player starts in turn by laying his ball between the

starting stake and the first wicket. He must hit his ball
through the first two wickets with one stroke. If he fails
to do this, he picks up his ball and awaits his next turn last two wickets, and so become a rover. Then, in his
to try again. Having gone through two wickets, he has turns, he may play on the other balls, helping his
two additional strokes to try to traverse the third wicket. partners and interfering with the progress of his
Each time he knocks his ball through the proper wicket, opponents. But he must hit the home stake before he
he is allowed another stroke. But each wicket must be is finished.
played in the direction shown. The ball must go all the
way through a wicket to count. One added stroke is Such things as boundaries may be determined by
allowed for hitting the turning stake. ground rules. It is often the practice to return a ball to
the point where it passed beyond a mallet length from
When playing partners, players of each team alternate the rectangle formed by the wickets and end stakes.
in starting and play in the same turn after that.
TENPINS is another lawn bowl game. A home
If a player hits his ball so that it strikes another ball carpenter with a lathe may turn out realistic pins with
(either an opponent’s or his partner’s), he gets two extra broad flat bottoms so they will stand up well on the
strokes. He may lay his ball a mallet-head length away lawn. But a set of ten blocks cut about six inches long
from the other ball (wherever it comes to rest) and take from a 2" x 4" will be satisfactory. Or use empty 2 liter
his two strokes from there; or he may roquet by placing soda bottles. A little water can be added to weight them
his ball against the other and striking it so that both balls down.
are moved; or he may croquet by holding his own ball
against the other with his foot or hand and striking it so To start, set up
that only the other ball moves. After roquet or croquet, the pins about four
he gets only one more stroke. The object of roquet or inches apart as
croquet is to knock an opponent’s ball out of a shown in the
threatening position or to help place a partner’s ball in diagram, below,
a more favorable position. A ball hit by a player is so that one of the
“dead” to him, and he may not play on it again until he front pins, when
has gone through another wicket or hit a stake in bowled over, may
correct sequence strike and upset
the pins directly
The first player to complete the course in order and hit behind it. The first bowler rolls a ball from a line about
the starting or home stake wins the game. When 30 feet from the front pin, trying to knock down as many
playing partners, the first team that has all of its players pins as he can. Any pins that are knocked over on the
home safely is the winner. If a player wishes, he may first try are set aside by the “pin boy” - the other bowler
avoid hitting the home stake after passing through the or a Good Samaritan bystander, if there is one around.
Then the bowler rolls a second ball. He scores as many repeated in the exact order as before. In the example
pins as he knocks over with both balls in his ‘frame.” given you might eventually come to: “I spy a picture of
a brown, Jersey cow and two horses eating in a green
The players bowl in turn until each has bowled ten pasture near a bubbling brook that passes under a
frames. If a player knocks down all ten pins with his first bridge over which runs a road that leads up to a white,
ball, he scores a strike. To the ten points he gets for colonial house with green shutters......” This goes on
this frame are added all of the pins that he knocks over until all but one player (the winner) have missed and
with his next two bowls. If he knocks over all ten pins dropped out.
with two balls in a frame, he scores a spare, and to his
ten points are added the pins knocked down with his CHARADES
first ball in the next frame.
For this long-popular party game, divide the guests into
If possible, mark the positions of the pins in some way two teams. Each team gets together and thinks up well-
so that they can be set up in the same places for each known sayings, slogans, mottoes, titles of books or
frame. It is a good idea, too, to provide a backstop current movies, etc. A word or syllable limit may be
behind the pins, but place it at an angle so balls will not placed on the charades. Each team decides on as
bounce back and knock down pins from behind. many charades as there are members of the other team
and writes each down on a slip of paper.
INDOOR GAMES
When the teams get together, first a member of team A
I SPY draws one of team B’s slips. He then tries to convey the
syllables or words to his team so that they will guess the
The subject may be a person, a picture or anything that charade within a three-minute time limit. Someone
contains a reasonable amount of detail. Suppose a keeps track of the time. The person acting out the
picture of a farm landscape is chosen. The first player charade may not say a word or try to form words or
says, “I spy a picture.” The second may say, “I spy a sounds with his lips. He may only shake his head yes
picture of a cow.” The third repeats what has been said or no, as members of his team try to guess the parts of
and adds something else that describes the subject; for his charade.
instance , “I spy a picture of a brown cow.” The play
goes around the circle, each player repeating exactly all Some conventions are usually permitted in Charades.
that has been said before and adding one more word or For instance, the charade may be announced as a
phrase to describe the subject. The new word or slogan or book title or whatever it is. When he begins,
phrase may be inserted anywhere after “I spy a the actor may raise fingers first to show the number of
picture....,” but the rest of the sentence must be words in the charade, and then to show the number of
the word he is acting out. A chopping motion with his that the board is a means for making direct contact with
right hand on his left elbow indicates that he is breaking the dead and that the messages which are spelled out
a word up into syllables. As an example, he might are from the dead.
begin to act out the charade, “Handsome is as
handsome does,” by giving the sign for syllables. Then Others have held that the messages are not true
he might hold up one hand and point to it until someone messages, but are the result of muscular tension and
on his team guesses “hand.” He points to that person unconscious direction of the hand. Whether or not
and nods his head to show that “hand” is correct. Then, either group is correct, the Ouija Board is a source of
for the second syllable, he might pretend to add up a much enjoyment and the messages can cause much
column of figures in order to find the “sum”. And so on. merriment when a group is assembled for a pleasant
evening.
A member of team B gives the second charade, and the
game goes on until each player has given a charade, SUGGESTED BUFFET SUPPER MENU
unless the game grows tiresome before that. The team
with the most correct guesses wins. Paper Cup Frozen Salad
Meat Loaf Wellington
OUIJA BOARD purchase at a toy store Hot Potato-ham Salad
Peas with mint
The mysterious mystifying game. Turn out the lights . Hot rolls and sweet butter
. . and ask the Ouija Board!
Voide (dessert)
Sit opposite your partner and rest your fingers lightly on White and red grapes, apples and pears
the glowing planchette. Now ask your question. Gingerbread
Concentrate very hard . . . and watch as the answer is Cheddar or brie cheese slices
revealed in the message window. Will it tell you YES .
. . or NO? Will it give you a NUMBER . . . or SPELL out Drynke
the answer? Iced Spice and Fruit tea
The Ouija Board has been used both as a toy and as a Sovouries (may be offered as a bedtime snack)
means of receiving messages or answers to questions. Small sandwiches, such as:
A great deal of discussion has taken place as to Cucumber with mint-butter sandwiches
whether or not the messages and answers are authentic Crab and Olive tea sandwiches
communications from the spirits of the dead. Many Tomato and aged cheddar sandwiches
Spiritualists and investigators into the occult have held
SUGGESTED BREAKFAST MENU (You may adjust MEAT LOAF WELLINGTON Serves 12
ingredient quantities for the size of your party)
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans condensed Cream of Mushroom or
Croissants with Marmalade * Golden Mushroom Soup
Hot Fruit compote 4 Pounds Ground Beef
Hot Double Berry Tea 1 Cup Fine Dry Bread Crumbs
2/3 Cup Finely Chopped Onion
*(invented just before end of the 18th century by a 2 Eggs, Sightly Beaten
Scotswoman, thus starting an English tradition) 2 Teaspoons Salt
2/3 Cup Water
RECIPES 4-6 Tablespoons Drippings
(you may adjust ingredient quantities for your party 2 8 Oz Pkgs. Crescent Dinner Rolls
size)
Mix thoroughly 1 cup soup, beef, bread crumbs, onion,
PAPER-CUP FROZEN SALAD Serves 12-15 eggs and salt. Shape firmly into two (8x4 inches)
loaves; place in shallow baking pans. Bake at 375
2 Cups Sour Cream degrees F. for 1 hour. Spoon off fat. Separate 2 (8
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice ounce pkgs.) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls; place
½ Cup Sugar crosswise over top and down sides of meat loaf,
1/8 Teaspoon Salt overlapping slightly. Bake 15 minutes more. Blend
Pineapple, 8-Ounce Can Crushed, well Drained remaining soup, water and drippings. Heat; stir now
1 Banana, Diced and then. Serve with loaf.
1/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
Cherries, Drained, 1 1-Pound Can Pitted HOT POTATO-HAM SALAD Serves 10
4 Drops Red Food Color (Optional)
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans Condensed Cream of Celery Soup
Combine sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, salt, 1 Cup Water
pineapple, banana, pecans, coloring (if used), and 4 Teaspoons Vinegar
cherries. Spoon into large, fluted paper muffin cups 1/4 Teaspoon Pepper
which have been placed in 3-inch muffin pans. Cover 6 Cups Cubed Cooked Potatoes
with plastic wrap and freeze. 3 Cups Cubed Cooked Ham
½ Cup Diced Sweet Pickle
Remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving. 4 Tablespoons minced Green Onion
Peel off paper cup and place salad on greens. Sliced Hard Cooked Egg
Parsley Sprigs 1 tsp. Baking Soda*
1 Cup boiling Water
In large skillet, blend soup, water, vinegar and pepper. Powdered Sugar
Add potatoes, ham, pickle and onion.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour, cinnamon,
Heat; stir now and then. Garnish with egg and parsley. cloves, ginger and molasses. Mix thoroughly. Dissolve
soda in boiling water and add to batter. Mix well. Pour
PEAS WITH MINT Serves 10 into greased 9"x12" pan and bake at 375 degrees for
about 30 minutes. When cool, dust with powdered
4 Cups Thinly Sliced Celery sugar. (This is a cake-like gingerbread.)
½ Teaspoon Salt
2 Cups Water This is also good with whipped cream to which
2 10-Ounce Packages Frozen Peas crystallized ginger has been added.
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
2/3 Cup Milk ICED SPICED & FRUIT TEA Makes 14 cups
2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
½ Teaspoon Dried Mint Flakes, Crushed 48 Oz. Cranberry Juice
1 Rounded tsp. Instant Tea
In a saucepan, combine celery, salt and water. Cook ½ to 3/4 Cups Sugar
for 15 minutes or until just tender. Add peas; bring to 23 Oz. Pineapple Juice
boil. Cover; cook over low heat 5 minutes or until 1 tsp. Real Lemon
tender. Drain; add remaining ingredients. Heat; stir now 5 Cups Water
and then. 1/4 tsp. Cloves & 2 Cinnamon Sticks in a Bag
GINGERBREAD Serves 12 Simmer a couple of hours. Chill. Serve over ice in your
nicest glasses.
1 Cup Butter, Softened
1 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs, Well Beaten
2 Cups Flour
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Ground Cloves
1 tsp. Ground Ginger
1 Cup Dark Molasses
TOMATO AND AGED CHEDDAR SANDWICHES 2 Sticks of Sweet Butter
Serves 10 Pinch Salt
1-2 Large Cucumbers, pealed and sliced thin
1 Cup Grated X-Sharp Cheddar Cheese 30 Slices of White Bread - remove crusts
½ Cup Diced Fresh Tomato
Mayo Blend sour cream and mint leaves, adding butter one
8 Thin Slices of Bread, Crusts Removed Tbsp. at a time. Spread half of the bread with mixture.
Add 5 to 6 slices of cucumbers to each slice,
Combine cheese, tomatoes and mayo thoroughly. overlapping slightly. Add bread tops. Cut in half,
Spread on four slices of bread, cover and cut each into lengthwise.
four triangles.
HOT FRUIT COMPOTE Yields 10 - 1 cup servings
CRAB AND OLIVE TEA SANDWICHES Yield 20.
6 ½ Cup Prunes or Apricots (May be dried)
8 Oz. Cream Cheese, Softened ½ Cup Pineapple Chunks
1/4 lb. Fresh or Frozen Crabmeat - Drained 1 1/2 Cups Applesauce
½ Cup Pitted Black Olives - Drained and Chopped ½ Cup Pears
40 Slices Cocktail Rye or Pumpernickel ½ Cup Peaches
1 Medium cucumber - Pealed and cut into 20 Thin 1 tsp. Cinnamon
Slices ½ tsp. Nutmeg
1 Bunch Fresh Watercress Sprigs (4 Oz. +/-) ½ tsp. Ginger
1 tsp. Coarsely Shredded Lemon Peel Juice & Grated Rind of ½ Lemon
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in crabmeat and Combine drained fruits, either fresh or canned, and
the olives; Spread 1 tsp. of mixture on each slice; Top arrange in casserole. Combine remaining ingredients
20 with cucumber slice and sprig of watercress. and cover fruit, mixing lightly. Bake uncovered in 250
Sprinkle lemon peal on top. Top with remaining bread degree oven for at least 1 hour. The longer it bakes the
slices. better it is. Serve hot for breakfast. Other fruits may be
substituted.
CUCUMBER WITH MINT BUTTER SANDWICH Serves
12
1 Tbsp. Sour Cream

½ Oz. Fresh Mint Leaves - Chopped
HOT DOUBLE BERRY TEA Yield - 10 cups tea SHOPPING LIST
for
10 Cups Water BUFFET SUPPER
15 Blackberry Flavored Tea Bags
10 Tbsp. Seedless Raspberry or Strawberry Jam Sour Cream (2 cups)
5 tsp. Lemon Juice ½ Dozen Eggs
10 Tbsp. Sugar Cheddar or Brie Cheese
2 8 oz. Pkgs. Refrigerated Crescent Rolls
In a saucepan, bring water and jam to a boil. Remove 4 lbs. Ground Beef
from heat and add tea bags; cover and steep 5 minutes. 3 Cups Cooked Ham
Remove tea bags; stir in sugar and lemon juice. Pour 2 10 Oz. Pkgs. Frozen Peas
into tea cups and garnish, if desired, with lemon twists. Potatoes
Banana
Onion
Green Onions
Celery
Pecans
Dry Bread Crumbs
1 8 Oz. Can Crushed Pineapple
1 1 lb. Can Pitted Bing Cherries
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans of Condensed Cream of Mushroom
or Golden mushroom Soup
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans of Condensed Cream of Celery Soup
2 10 ½ Oz. Cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Sweet Pickles
48 Oz, Cranberry Juice
23 Oz. Pineapple Juice
Instant Tea
Rolls from the Bakery or purchase refrigerated rolls &
bake
Fresh Parsley Sprigs
Milk
Fruit: White and Red Grapes, Apples and Pears
SHOPPING LIST CONDIMENTS & SPICES REQUIRED
for
SOVOURIES (snacks) Butter Ground Cinnamon
Cloves Dark Molasses
Cocktail Rye or Pumpernickel Bread Cinnamon Sticks Flour
2 Loaves of Thin White Sandwich Bread Sugar Baking Soda
1 Cup x-sharp Cheddar Cheese Ginger Salt
1 Tomato Dried Mint Flakes Vinegar
3 Cucumbers Nutmeg Mayonnaise
1 Bunch Fresh Watercress Sprigs Lemon Juice Pepper
1 Lemon Powdered Sugar
½ Oz. Fresh Mint Leaves
1 8 Oz. Cream Cheese
Sour Cream Recipes are provided by the Hearthstone Inn,
1/4 lb. Fresh or Frozen Crab Meat Campbells and Friends.
Small Can Chopped Black Olives
Sweet Butter
SHOPPING LIST
Party Planner
for
Date and Time:
BREAKFAST
Character assignments:
Croissants from the Bakery
Marmalade
For 8 or more players
1 ½ Cup Applesauce
½ Cup Pineapple Chunks
½ Cup Peaches Samantha Child host
½ Cup Pears
Allison Katz (Allie)
6 ½ Cups of Dried or Canned Prunes or Apricots
Seedless Raspberry or Strawberry Jam Anastasia Oakley
Fresh Lemons for Rind and Twists (Annie)
15 Blackberry Flavored Tea Bags
Barbarella Dahl (Barbie)
Georgette Whiz (Gee)

Georgianna Peach
A PARTY FAVOR
(Georgia) The Adult Hostess (Mattie) may want to present her
guests with a special memento to remember their visit
Theresa Bell (Tinker) to Castle Wellington. Here’s a suggestion which is in
Roberta Sox (Bobbie) perfect style for what they’ll be wearing to Castle
Wellington. The young hostess, Sam, may want to
*Lady Mattie Wellington A du lt host make them for her friends.
*Ellie S cene 13 only
Ribbon Fans
*Audette S cene 13 only
Use some pretty, but sturdy wrapping paper and some
Winthorp III O ptional
narrow ribbon. Cut a 15"x 8" piece for each player.
* Adult characters, see page 4 Fold the paper accordion-style, starting at a short end.
Open paper and cut small slits on each fold 1" from the
top. Thread ribbon through the slits and make a knot at
Add for 10 or 12 players each end.
Re-fold fan and staple together about 1 inch from the

Pauline Dotte (Polka) bottom. Tie a ribbon around the stapled part, making a
bow. Gently open the top. When you’re finished, it will
Penelope Tayle (Pony)
look like this:
Add for 12 players
Theodora Baer
(Teddy)
Virginia Snapp
(Ginger)
A PARTY FAVOR
The Adult Hostess (Mattie) may want to present her

guests with a special memento to remember their visit
to Castle Wellington. Here’s a suggestion which is in
perfect style for what they’ll be wearing to Castle
Wellington. The young hostess, Sam, may want to
make them for her friends.
Ribbon Fans
Use some pretty, but sturdy wrapping paper and some

narrow ribbon. Cut a 15"x 8" piece for each player.
Fold the paper accordion-style, starting at a short end.
Open paper and cut small slits on each fold 1" from the
top. Thread ribbon through the slits and make a knot at
each end.
Re-fold fan and staple together about 1 inch from the

bottom. Tie a ribbon around the stapled part, making a
bow. Gently open the top. When you’re finished, it will
look like this:
PARTIPLANNER FOR ADULT HOST FOR 12, 10, 8 PLAYERS 27

to form your booklet. presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie

Andersen
Adult Manual
for 8 Players
SETTING THE SCENE: SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE
LADY MATTIE, GREET THE GUESTS AS THEY LADY MATTIE:

ARRIVE AT THE CASTLE AND SHOW THEM TO Welcome Samantha dear - and these
THE LIBRARY, are your friends - let’s see if I can
remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, and
AS THE GUESTS ENTER THE LIBRARY, PLEASE Gee. It’s so nice to see you and I’m
ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND THEN HAND glad you could all come.
EACH GUEST HER SCRIPT
Now, I’d like you to meet Bobbie,
Georgia and Tinker, your new English
friends. You all look so lovely.
SAM: It’s great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie.

We’re very excited about the party
honoring the great English actress,
Marnie Andersen. and we’re happy to
meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia and
Tinker.
ANNIE: How did you get the name Tinker?
TINKER: Well, my last name is Belle. When I was

little, everyone started calling me Tinker.
Now, I guess Tinker’s my name rather
than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, I hope you have a wonderful
weekend. You have a couple of hours
to play some games that I’ll teach you
Adult Manual for 8 1 Adult Manual for 8 2

before dinner is served. Have you ever SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
played croquet? It’s a very popular game LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
here in the English countryside.
My dears, let’s go out to the lawns where EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN Guest Manual for 8.
the croquet game is all set up for us. You
may leave your “Guest Manual for 8S” LADY MATTIE:
here in the library. We’ll meet back here Well, how did you enjoy the games?
in the library for a short visit before dinner.
I’ll get you started on the game and when SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
it’s time for you to come to the library, I’ll

call you. ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
ALL: OK. ALLIE: I can’t believe I’m here - in England.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.

GEE: Did she really live here?
BOBBIE: Yes, Gee. Do you know the legend?
SAM: Tell us, Bobbie.
BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her
servants. She lived here 20 years, and in

1650, two hundred years ago, her body
was found in the turret, near our
bedrooms, by the way.
GEORGIA: There is some question as to who was

here in the castle at the time, but her
butler, Winthorp, found her.

TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me she’s
death; and the cause was never very friendly and very funny, too. She
determined. She haunts the castle now was a comedienne.
and then. Her portrait is in the ballroom.
You’ll see it when we go up for dinner. LADY MATTIE:
That’s right - but you probably won’t even
SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you see her.
serious?
BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen leaves messages.
her “ghost”.
GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
GEORGIA: That’s Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnie’s “ghost”, Bobbie - haven’t you? BARBIE: Well, I don’t want her to appear - so she
probably will.
BOBBIE: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
I saw her walking away from me. She
was beautiful - like she was floating; she GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
was wearing something long and flowing, Bobbie?
kind of frothy and all white.
BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
ANNIE: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see guess.
her “ghost”, too.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. Let’s go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
That’s where the buffet is set up, and
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT! don’t forget to look at Marnie’s portrait.
GEE: What’s the matter, Barbie?
BARBIE: I don’t think I want to see a real “ghost”.

SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM LADY MATTIE:
OK, everyone ... please help yourselves
SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. to the buffet.
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess!

PLAYERS, LAY SCRIPTS ASIDE - ENJOY SUPPER.
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up at dinner.
Just look at her portrait. She was PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
beautiful!
BARBIE: Hush, Allie.
GEE: I’m starved. Lead me to the food.
SAM: Gee, you’re always thinking of food.
BOBBIE: Well, Lady Mattie’s cook is wonderful. I’m

sure you’ll like the food.
GEORGIA: I’ve been here many times and I always

overeat.
TINKER: Me, too. I feel SO FAT when I leave.
GEORGIA: You’ll really love the food here, it’s SOOO

English - very different from what you’re
used to, I imagine, Gee.
BOBBIE: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
is it?
LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before LADY MATTIE:
bedtime? Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire
for the evening. If you need me, I’ll be in
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think my room. You may come down to
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. breakfast in your nighties and PJ’s.
ANNIE: Yeah - she’s afraid she’ll see a ghost.
ALLIE: I hope she does. IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED

HERE.
BARBIE: You are all trying to scare me.
MATTIE, DURING THIS TIME, PLACE ENVELOPE
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldn’t do that. WITH THE “GHOST NOTE” ON THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
BOBBIE: Barbie, don’t be afraid. Marnie probably “SAM’S CLUE” UNDER SAM’S PILLOW.
won’t appear.
GEORGIA: If she does, she won’t hurt you. We’ll be

right here.
TINKER: She’s really very shy and she was very

beautiful. So, how could she possibly hurt
anyone!
GEORGIA: I hear that a Prince from somewhere

asked her to marry him and she refused.
BOBBIE: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.

She could have married a King!

SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed.
ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE (Hand envelope to Gee)
FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET.
BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
ALLIE: read it alone?
(pick up envelope)
Oh, my gosh, what could this be? BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!
ANNIE: What does it say? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS. “I’M SORRY, I CAN’T VISIT YOU PERSONALLY
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH I’D LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
“TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIE’S OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
GUESTS” MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD WANTED
BARBIE: That’s us! See, I told you! This is very TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.”
scary!
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
GEE: We’d better tell Lady Mattie about this. I’m not scared anymore!!!!
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed. GEE: How would she know we’re here?
GEORGIA: Let’s open the envelope. BOBBIE: How would she know our names?
TINKER: Yeah, - we’re the overnight guests. It GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
should be OK. This is exciting. knows everything that goes on here.
GEORGIA: What do you think, Sam? TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
SAM: I don’t know - I think we should open it GEE: There’s something else.
with Great-Aunt Mattie. (look at the inside of the envelope flap)

Listen to this: Look for a clue under Sam’s TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
pillow. the message for us.
SAM: I simply don’t believe any of this. This BOBBIE: I believe so, too!
must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
scaring ME - a “clue”.....under my pillow? ANNIE: But, the “clue” to what?
GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway! DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Where was this “note”, Gee? 1) Why can’t she meet us tonight?
2) What is this “clue” for?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap.
ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed
ANNIE: since our ghost won’t be visiting.
(taking envelope from Gee)
Sure enough - there it is. Maybe SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
someone else was supposed to visit. be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
the “clue” is for.
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model?
With the name Barbie??? And who GEE: Let’s hurry and see!
knows Sam?
BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didn’t ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAM’S
mention any other overnight guests. BED.
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
“note”. And I believe she meant the “CLUE” AND READ “SAM’S CLUE” ALOUD AND
“note” for US, and the “clue” also. PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
BOBBIE: Gosh, I’m kinda sorry she won’t be visiting IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSEN’S
us. DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY
and other signs. HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A

FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT
LADY MATTIE, BEFORE BREAKFAST, PLACE
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR
ANNIE’S CLUE UNDER ANNIE’S COFFEE CUP,
ROYALTY.
ALLIE’S CLUE IN ALLIE’S Guest Manual for 8, AND
PLACE ALL THE MANUALS AT THEIR PLACES ON
DISCUSSION:
THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Does this pertain to her death?
PLACE LOG #1 (MARNIE’S SERVANTS) UNDER

GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said ALLIE’S CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
in her “note” that someone in her
“household” wanted to be an actress like
her.
SAM: So my “clue” could have some bearing on

her “death”.
ALL: Let’s sleep on it.
SAM: Yeah, I’m kinda tired.
ALL: Me, too.
EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND

YOUR MANUALS TO SAM.
SAM, PLACE ALL MANUALS AND “GHOST NOTE” ON

TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM
DOOR.
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST

IN THE DINING ROOM.

SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH
I’D LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
LADY MATTIE: ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO
Good morning everyone. Did you sleep BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO
well? BE A MODEL, TOO, JUST AS
SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your “ghost”, Marnie, WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE
left us a “note” last night. ME.”
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.

But, Sam, that’s highly unlikely. Ghosts
don’t..... ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s
name and that she wants to be a model?
ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
ALLIE: I’d like to know that, too.
ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, “TO
BE OPENED BY MATTIE’S OVER BARBIE: I’m famous, that’s how.
NIGHT GUESTS”.
GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia?
BARBIE: And we found it on the floor in front of the
door to the turret. Scary! GEORGIA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: So - we opened it. Was it OK to open it BOBBIE: Where is the “note”, Gee? You had it last,
without you? I believe.
BOBBIE: We didn’t want to wake you, Lady Mattie. GEE: It wasn’t under my pillow this morning. I
thought you had it, Georgia.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, you are my overnight guests - so GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it.
you had every right to open it. What did
the note say? SAM: No, I haven’t seen it this morning.
TINKER: It said, “I’M SORRY I WON’T BE TINKER: Haven’t seen it.

ANNIE: Me either. LADY MATTIE:
Well, what did it say - I’m nearly dying of
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! curiosity.
BARBIE: Not me, I haven’t seen it. SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie
a year before she died.
GEE: It’s gone - disappeared right out of our
room. O’boy! ANNIE: Yeah - relatives from London.
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.
our manuals, and that’s not all, Great-
Aunt Mattie. LADY MATTIE:
Well, this is some mystery - where did the
LADY MATTIE: “note” come from - then the “clue” and
And, what’s not all? what could it mean?
SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with
hand-written note. anything?
LADY MATTIE: LADY MATTIE:

What did it say? Well, maybe it’ll become clearer today.
GEE: Tell her, Sam. BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too
shy to visit. Remember Tinker told you
SAM: It said, “Look for a ‘clue’ under Sam’s she was shy for an actress. I think that’s
pillow”. So we did. why she, ..her ghost, that is.., left the
note. She knew we all wanted to see her,
LADY MATTIE: except for Barbie, and she didn’t want
Did what? Barbie to be afraid. I honestly don’t know
how she knew about you, Barbie. And, I
GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as think the missing “Ghost Note” is a REAL
she, er... it said - under Sam’s pillow. mystery. Maybe it’ll show up. Let’s look
for it right after breakfast.

SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
READ ALOUD “ALLIE’S CLUE” AND PLACE IT IN
YOUR MANUAL
SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
chair? ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind, - it IS
a log of “Marnie’s Servants”. BOBBIE: Let’s talk about these “clues” and what
And,...here’s something in my manual. they might mean.
ANNIE: And, what’s this under my coffee cup? LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING
DISCUSSION, PLACE LOG #2 (LADY MATTIE’S
ALLIE: Let’s see what you have! SERVANTS) IN GIRLS’ BEDROOM ON BARBIE’S BED
AND BARBIE’S CLUE UNDER THE LOG. THEN
ANNIE: It has my name on it. DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A
CHAIR IN THE TURRET FOR SCENE 9. COME
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
GEORGIA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s
up. What do they say? Servants” that Allie found under her
chair?
ANNIE: Okay, here goes!
READ ALOUD “ANNIE’S CLUE” AND PLACE IT IN ALLIE:
YOUR MANUAL (Pick up the Log of “Marnie’s Servants”)
Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE this?
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER (Read aloud Ariel’s description from the
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE Log).
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN
SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK
ALL: WOW!!! TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE WAS IN HER
20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED AND WAS OFTEN
ALLIE: I’ll read mine. CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN MANY OF THE

PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER We did have clean towels in our
GUESTS. bathrooms this morning so she must have
been in this wing, if she was in our
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a bathrooms.
member of Marnie’s household and she
was an amateur actress. BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
why would she take the “note” that was
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnie’s meant for us?
professional status and killed her for it?
GEORGIA: Well, our manuals are on the breakfast
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed? table this morning - so she must have put
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious the “Ghost Note” someplace else for
causes? some reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can
ask her.
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to
know what happened to the “note”. Do TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
you think Marnie took it back?
GEORGIA: It’s kind of spooky to think Marnie might
ANNIE: Why would she do that? have taken it back and was wandering
around while we slept.
ALLIE: This is a mystery we’ll never solve, Annie.
BOBBIE: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
BARBIE: Let’s all look around to make sure the make us nervous? It must be Ellie. Let’s
“note” is gone. just ask her where it is.
GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the LADY MATTIE, COMING BACK INTO THE DINING
hallway when we went to bed. Did ROOM:
anyone in the castle have access to the Knowing your record of solving mysteries,
area while we slept? I bet you girls will solve this one quickly.
I’ve heard how you all solved the “CASE
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid, OF THE MISSING RING”. Now, we are
Ellie, could have come around during the faced with another very strange mystery
night or very early before we woke up. an appearing and disappearing “note”

written by a “ghost”. You know, there just SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
may be an “Inspector’s Report”

somewhere in my desk in the library. SAM: There’s another strange paper on your
bed, Barbie. What is it?
ALLIE: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to
the bottom of it.
BARBIE: It’s another log, but it’s about “Lady
Mattie’s servants” this time, and there is
BARBIE: OK - and let’s get hold of Ellie, Lady
something under it, - it’s another “clue”.
Mattie’s maid first.
Want me to read it?
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious.

ALL: Yeah!!
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the “note”.

BARBIE, READ ALOUD “BARBIE’S CLUE” AND
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake.
LADY MATTIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME

TINKER: Let’s also look for it again in the hallway
TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIE’S
just in case Ellie might have put it there
SERVANTS.
and we missed it.
BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady

GEORGIA: It can’t have disappeared into thin air.
Mattie’s servants.
BOBBIE: Right you are, Georgia.

GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants
Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR interests.
YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” While you look in the bedroom for your
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE”. “Ghost Note”, I’ll find my maid, Ellie, and
bring her up here.
LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR
BEDROOM. EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR “GHOST
NOTE”.

SAM: Well, there’s nothing here.
SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
ANNIE: Why don’t we look in the turret?

LADY MATTIE:
There you are. What’s up?
ALLIE: Yeah, I’ve never been in a turret.
SAM: We’re going to the turret. Come with us

BARBIE: Not me. I’ll wait outside the door.
Aunt Mattie.
GEE: OK, Barbie, we don’t need any fainting or

ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
screaming scaredy cat.
ALLIE: Does she have the “note”?

BOBBIE: Let’s look very carefully.
BARBIE: I’m not going inside.

GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.
GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie

TINKER: We’ll find it, if it really existed at all.
should be such a scaredy cat?
GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden

LADY MATTIE:
stairways.
None whatsoever. But, that’s OK, Barbie
and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping,
LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM tho’ she rarely leaves when we have
AS SOON AS BARBIE BEGINS HER DIALOGUE. guests. I didn’t see an envelope with the
“ghost note” anywhere either. I, of
BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent course, didn’t check Ellie’s room closely.
places for hiding things, and for “ghosts” Perhaps we’d better do that.
to wander around.
SAM: We’ll search the turret, then meet you in
the library.
LADY MATTIE, TACK OR TAPE “LETTER FROM

MARNIE” ON THE BEDROOM WALL WHERE THE
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE
“HIDDEN CLUE NOTE” IS ON ELLIE’S BED FOR

ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
“NOTE” PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIE’S ROOM
MATTIE, BRING “FAMILY TREES” TO THE LIBRARY
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY WITH “GHOST NOTE”. ALSO HAVE THE
“INSPECTOR’S REPORT” IN YOUR HAND.
BOBBIE: BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip.
(Notice a white dress laying across a

chair) GEORGIA: Not a “note” to be found!
Look here - laying across this chair - a

filmy white dress! That’s the same dress TINKER: It’s as if it existed only in our imaginations.
I saw Marnie’s “ghost” wear. I know it is.

Filmy and frothy! SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind

BARBIE: Can’t be - you’re kidding me! staying in there.
BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
remember that dress forever. It’s so DARN!!
beautiful!
ANNIE: Marnie wasn’t there.
BARBIE: Let’s go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
BOBBIE: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I
ALL: Okay! saw her wear last year.
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress!

BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S
SERVANTS” IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE” ALLIE: The “Ghost Note” wasn’t there, either.
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
BARBIE: It also wasn’t in the bedroom. So, where
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY is it?
BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up

with an explanation from Ellie. somewhere”.
GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be GEE: Another “clue”? So far the “clues” haven’t
able to solve very quickly. been much help in clearing up Marnie’s
ghostly antics, let alone her completely
LADY MATTIE: mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
COMING INTO LIBRARY, the “Family Trees” and the “Servant
I have news for you, ladies — Ellie was Logs”.
not in her room. I haven’t been able to
ascertain where she might have gone, but BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep
look what I found in her room — Marnie’s memory alive.
SAM: The “Ghost Note”! SAM: I know, but there’s got to be an

explanation for these 4 “clues” and also
LADY MATTIE: what we are supposed to do with them!
And more logs....or rather....it looks like
“Family Trees” of Marnie’s and my ANNIE: Where should we look for this “Hidden
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two Clue”?
“Logs” and now the “Family Trees” where
we could easily find them. ALLIE: Maybe where we haven’t looked before.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did BARBIE: Okay, okay, we’ve been in the library a lot
someone else? - but haven’t really looked around here
very closely.
GEE: May I see the “Family Trees”, Lady
Mattie? BOBBIE: Let’s search the library while we’re here.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?

Sure, Gee, here they are. (Hand them to
Gee). And there was a handwritten note TINKER: I’ll do that. Georgia, check under things.
about another “clue” being “hidden”
somewhere. I left it on Ellie’s bed - that’s GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
all it said-“find a “clue” hidden and stuff.

BOBBIE: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
to mean anything. None of the others
mean anything. They are just bits of info. GEE: That the “ghost” wrote them all or Ellie
...throwing us... wrote them all. It’s that simple!
SAM: That’s it, Bobbie! You’ve got it! The SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
“clues” are only meant to confuse us and Ellie likes to play games with the guests
keep us off the track. or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist!
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam? ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnie’s
death?
SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnie’s
“ghost”, or even her “death”, if we could. ALLIE: Ellie didn’t have anything to do with that!
BOBBIE: I think you’re right! BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
I came across the “Scotland Yard someone else does....
Inspector’s Report” (WAVE IT AROUND)

but it said approximately the same thing GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
that “ANNIE’S CLUE” alluded to, that the why keep it a secret? She needs to help
red scarf and key were found on the floor us out here.
outside the turret and no cause of death

found, so no suspect was arrested. TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
SO curious?
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s

really odd. She’s definitely got something GEORGIA: Yeah, why?
to do with both.
BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on crazy!
the “Ghost Note” and envelope and the

“Hidden Clue Note” to see if they’re the SAM: Yeah - whatever she’s doing doesn’t
same. make a whole lot of sense.

GEE: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we servants. Some interesting people!
need to look at the “Family Tree” a little (Take your “clue” from your manual and
closer. Lots of “hidden secrets” in read it aloud).
“family trees” and maybe some “hidden
clues” there, too. ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
ANNIE: Okay, let’s start from the beginning.
BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s
SAM: Let’s see, my “clue” says nothing about servants. Not interesting at all!
the family tree exactly. (Take your “clue” from your manual and
(Take “clue” from your manual and read it read it aloud).
aloud)
IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSEN’S TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIE’S
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS, SERVANTS.
FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A the servants who lived and served during
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR 1650.
ROYALTY.
SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and
ANNIE: Neither does mine. “Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell
(Take “clue” from your manual and read it us anything!
aloud)
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. unusual in that day and age.
ALLIE: Now, my “clue” is all about Marnie’s

GEE :
LADY MATTIE:
(Place “Family Trees” on table so It was in Ellie’s room on the floor. She
everyone can see them) probably dropped it when she left.
And, Sam, according to the”Family
Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
and Winthorp III were related, too. for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
servants who worked for Marnie.
BOBBIE: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and
Marnie’s servants were related, tho’ LADY MATTIE:
distantly. Exactly!
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer
“Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was haunting the castle.
Renoir.
GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She haunt the place where he or she died
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. under mysterious circumstances, until the
cause is found, or known, or until justice
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related is done.
to each other. That doesn’t help us
discover what happened to Marnie, or the BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
reason she is haunting this castle,... if case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
SHE is. relative or maybe the descendant of her
servant, Aimee?
GEE: I think the “clue” must be that Marnie’s
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of GEORGIA: That would be Ellie.
Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she
wrote in the “Log of Lady Mattie’s TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log”
and the “Family Tree”. Where did you ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
find the “Hidden Clue Note”? castle?

Still employed here - well, all those on the I don’t believe that for a minute! Come
“log of my servants”, which Ellie with me to Ellie’s room. Perhaps you’ll
completed this year, 1850, except see something I haven’t.
Francoise, Armand’s mother and
Winthorp III’s wife; Charles, Hattie’s
husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellie’s LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM.
parents. Lynette is Dominique and LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS”
Hattie’s sister, by the way. And, Bette, ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
Georges’ wife; Derislaux and Julinette,
Georges’ brother and his wife and their 2
children, Nicholas and Charles.
The ones I just mentioned, which are no

longer my servants, found other
employment when I no longer needed so
many servants. They all are still very
close and attend all the servants’ birthday
parties and such.
BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any

problems while serving here for Marnie,
200 plus years ago.
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably

tell us more about those servants, since
she knows so much about them.
BOBBIE: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her

leaving you, Lady Mattie. We don’t mean
to be so nosy!

SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are Sure!
gone, - look here in her closet - but she
dropped the “Hidden Clue Note” on the BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? silly.
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesn’t
say much. GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam.

Look, here’s some blank “note” paper just Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
like the paper the “Ghost Note” was to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
written on, and envelopes, too. She mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too.
appeared to be enjoying playing “ghost”
all these years and I never guessed. SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
have gone?
GEE: So, Ellie decided to play “ghost”? That
certainly is a plausible answer to all of LADY MATTIE:
this. Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps
she’s there. She had no siblings
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry. according to the “Family Tree”.
I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking
Marnie actually left messages and signs. BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold
Case”.
ANNIE: Now, there won’t be any more. Will your
parties still be the same? GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely “cold”!
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a

Not for me. mystery for us to solve.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
memory?
GEE: Maybe you three gals from “Merry Olde

England” would like to join us on our next SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
trip. We’d love it if you would.
ANNIE: Hey, what’s this tacked to the wall? It’s in
SAM: There’s sure to be a mystery. the same handwriting as the other
“notes”, but not the 4 “clues” - I’m sure of
BOBBIE: We’d love to - just let us know when and it! Check it out!
where.
ALLIE: Let’s see - what is it?
GEORGIA: What a great weekend!
BARBIE: Take it down, Annie.
TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to
come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. It’s
meeting each other. an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM
MARNIE”.
GEORGIA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love (Hand envelope to Gee)
your clothes.
GEE:
BOBBIE: I think we’ve found some new friends for life. (Take “letter” from envelope)
ALL: Yeah. We sure have. GEORGIA: Well, what is it?
SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack GEE: It’s a three page document - maybe a
together. letter like the envelope says.
ALL: OK, lets! GEORGIA: Let’s go to the library. I think the “Family
Tree” and “Marnie’s Servants” log are
LADY MATTIE: there. We may need them.
I’ll be in the library if you need me.
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to
WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEY’LL Lady Mattie.
BE THERE SHORTLY.

EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND believe in me - but you are looking in the
THE “FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” wrong place. It’s not Ellie - really - I
LOG. mean, she’s not the ‘ghost’!
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait If you really want to know how I died - you
‘til you hear about this! must go back to 1649.
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and
“Trees”. their fiancees from London, paid me a
visit for a month, on their way to France.
SAM: Here are both, Gee. My cousin Emily’s fiancee in particular,
namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this was so dashing, he practically and literally
document tacked to our wall. The swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
envelope says it’s a “letter from Marnie”. not encourage him, although I did not
ignore him either. He would have fought
LADY MATTIE: a dual for me, I know, if there had been
Let me see it, Gee. someone to dual with.
GEE: I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my

(Hand document to Lady Mattie) personal maid, was smitten and he also
with her. Now, this is an unusual
LADY MATTIE: circumstance, you see, because servants
It certainly looks authentic and old, and were not to flirt with the aristocracy and
also very well written. It appears to be a vice-versa.
“letter”. Since it was tacked to your wall,
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie, My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at
why don’t you begin reading it. Will you each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
please read the first page? (Hand first and left in a huff. I can’t blame her. I was
page to Barbie) just happy she didn’t see how I looked at
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue,
BARBIE: having gotten this far.
“I know by now, you probably don’t

Emily came back to the castle for a visit neck, took the key from a table, hustled
alone. One night she came upstairs out of the turret and locked me inside,
presumably to go to bed - when she dropping the key and the scarf on the
apparently saw a dim candle light in the floor outside the door. I think she must
turret and saw have heard someone coming and
probably disappeared into one of the
LADY MATTIE: rooms off the hallway.
Gee, here’s the second page. (Hand Gee
the second page) You may wonder why I say “she”. I never
saw the person’s face, but I just think it
GEE: was a “she”. I also think Emily was the
...someone arranging books on a table. (I Scotland Yard Inspector’s chief suspect
often did this myself - it was my favorite because she left so abruptly - but it could
hideaway, you see.) And, Aimee often never be proven. No one was charged.
came into the turret to pick up and re
arrange things also. Later, when I was missed, and after my
chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in
I saw her stop and I simply turned and the carriage to a hotel in town, my
wished her a “good night” and since she
was leaving early the next morning, I bid LADY MATTIE:
her “good bye” also. I had the feeling she Allie, here you read the last page. This is
was startled to see me there. I finished certainly a revelation, isn’t it? (Hand Allie
what I was doing and went to my rooms the last page)
and changed into my night dress, then
suddenly remembered that I wanted a ALLIE:
book to read, returned to the turret and as butler, Winthorp, found the key to the
I was reaching for a book from the table turret on the floor and found my body
someone, unseen by me, came up behind inside.
me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
around my neck and choked the life out Now that everyone knows what
of...ME. She was so startled and happened, I will not haunt the castle
hopefully, appalled at what she’d done, again. I left many messages and clues
she quickly removed the scarf from my around in the past 200 years, but no one

really took me seriously before. Thank SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
you dear friends! Please solve this think?
mystery for me so I can rest in peace.
GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
My burning question is “Who would want not Marnie.
to kill me? And why? What was her
motive? Was I correct about the sex of BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s
my killer? These questions have discuss each possibility and see what we
bothered me all these years. come up with.
Could it have been my distant cousin, DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? SCENARIO?
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp,
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
believe any of these would harm me. I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Please help! Love, Marnie”
ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way

better than any “Inspector’s Report”.
LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME
TINKER: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t UP WITH A “PERFECT SCENARIO” AND THEN VOTE
find? It must have been something about ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A
‘1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to “PRIZE” FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST
know how she died, we’d have to go back OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
to ‘1649'.
SOME THINGS TO SUGGEST AS DISCUSSION
ALLIE: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
married Chaucer, the gardener. MYSTERY!
BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and < Motive

Charles, the Earl of Northbrook? Jealousy - professional,
personal, love based

Who would do “anything” for Ariel? SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
< Obvious suspects LADY MATTIE, PLEASE READ BELOW AFTER THE
Emily LADIES HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR SCENARIOS
Ariel
Staunton Motive
Others? Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always
< Opportunity offered her the best parts at the plays with which
Anyone in the castle that night she often entertained her guests.
< Method Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her

cousin because she had all the advantages in
< Mistaken identity? Is it possible? life.
< Why did Marnie think the killer was a “she”? Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emily’s
relationship with Charles and also the attention
< Who do you think the real “ghost” is? Marnie or he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything
Ellie? Or someone else? for Ariel, even though he later married someone
else. Ariel, herself, never married.
< Did the “ghost” write the “logs”, “notes” and
“clues”? Or did Ellie write them? The Obvious Suspects are
< Did anyone compare handwriting? Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the
castle that night. Emily was there for another
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the

morning. Aimee was in her room crying over wondered where you disappeared to.
Charles.
ELLIE:
Method was, of course, strangulation. This is Audette and she has some very
important information about Marnie’s
Mistaken Identity? death that she uncovered in an old trunk.
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, She found a diary written by Ariel,
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember, Marnie’s laundress. Ariel wrote in her
was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And, diary about Marnie’s death - er, murder.
remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A AUDETTE:
little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
night clothes. alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
which you’ll discover when you read her
Marnie thought the killer was a “she” because the killer diary.
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf LADY MATTIE:
because her hands Were not large enough or strong How did you find the diary?
enough to strangle someone.
AUDETTE:
The “real ghost” is Marnie. She used Ellie’s stationery I purchased this old farmhouse in the
and wrote the logs, notes and clues. country and found the trunk in the attic.
The trunk contained a lot of old costumes
LADY MATTIE: and this diary.
Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the
kitchen. I’ll just go see who it is. LADY MATTIE:
Well, how did you find Ellie?
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK
WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. AUDETTE:
I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an
LADY MATTIE: Inspector White. I didn’t tell him what I’d
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie, found - I just asked him where to find
please introduce your guest. We’ve Castle Wellington and told him I had

something to deliver there. He said he’d really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
give it to his friend to deliver. wrote in her diary.
ELLIE: ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s

Georges brought an envelope to the mysterious death?
castle, given to him by Inspector White,
who is a friend of his. Since the envelope ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
was addressed to “person in charge”, I
opened it. I’m usually in charge of the BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
interior operations of the castle, so I
thought it might pertain to that. Sorry. GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve
actually tried to figure it all out - who had
LADY MATTIE: opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
Don’t be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
envelope? AUDETTE:
Well, here in the diary - I’ll open it to the
ELLIE: page where it begins. The page is dated
Audette had written to us of her discovery 3 September, 1650.
of the diary and thought we’d like to see it
before anyone else, since so much time SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the
has passed and the persons involved 4th of September was the date on the
were no longer alive. constable’s report. I’m sure of it.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
Yes, you see, I’m a history buff and I Yes, that was the day Marnie was found
would rather preserve important in the turret and according to this - well, I’ll
documents than have them buried in give you each a page to read, if you like,
some inspector’s files. Since so much then you’ll all know the truth.
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
surely won’t be interested in solving the SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That
mystery now, would they? sounds like fun.
SAM: I sure wouldn’t think so. Wow, this is

AUDETTE: desperate than ever. I can’t contain
Here, Sam, you read the first page. myself. I want so much to ask Marnie if I
can go with her to the tryouts. I don’t dare
AUDETTE, HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ask her. How can I get there? Marnie
DIARY most certainly will not let me go. Should I
ask Staunton to drive me? No, I can’t do
SAM: It’s entitled “Ariel’s Diary”. It’s dated 3 that - he’ll be driving HER.
September 1650.
“I, Ariel, desperately want to be an The opportunity is here. Emily is here.
actress. I know I have talent. Marnie tells She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
me I do. She lets me have all the good can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
parts in her little plays. Staunton believes Emily and be free to try out for the play
in me and would do almost anything for myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
me. But, he doesn’t have any influence to town for the tryouts. I’ll ask him when
with Marnie. Marnie doesn’t really know Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
how jealous I am of her, nor does she plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
encourage me to fulfill my dreams of leaving early tomorrow morning. This will
becoming a real actress. I actually think give me plenty of time. I’ll spy on Marnie
Marnie deliberately keeps me from and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.”
realizing my dreams. She thinks she’s
keeping me happy just continuing to give AUDETTE:
me amateur parts in her amateur plays.” Here is page 3. Who will read it?
AUDETTE: ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.

Who wants to read the second page?
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
ALLIE I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes!
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE “I saw Emily stop at the turret to say
‘good-bye’ to Marnie and then she retired
ALLIE: It begins: to her rooms. I saw Marnie go to her
”When Marnie’s cousins came to give her rooms, then almost immediately back to
the news about the new play, I was more the turret. This was my chance. I tip toed

to the turret, so she wouldn’t hear me, sent one of the neighbors for the local
picked up the red scarf from the table in constable and the constable and Staunton
the hallway and came up behind her, arrived about the same time. Staunton
wrapped the scarf around her neck and had to go back into town and bring Emily
pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to back to the castle for interrogation, much
the floor and I quickly left, remembering to to her chagrin.
lock the door behind me. I heard Winthorp explained he went looking for
someone coming, so I dropped the scarf Marnie when she didn’t come down for
and the key running across the hall to the breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
linen closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I floor in front of the turret door and opened
hid there until the coast was clear.” the door to investigate. Emily was a
suspect, but it could not be proven that
AUDETTE: she was near the turret. Then, of all
Here are the final pages. Which one of things, I missed the tryouts, because the
you wishes to read next? Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
us and ordered us to remain at the castle
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get until they completed the investigation. I
sad and weepy reading stuff like this. am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
I’ve got to leave - I’ll go into the city,
GEE: OK, I’ll read the rest. I’m Gee. maybe I’ll get another chance. Or, maybe
I’ll go live like a hermit in the country. I’ll
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGES TO GEE leave soon, as soon as the investigation
is complete, so no one will suspect me.
GEE: It’s dated, 4 September 1650. I don’t
know how she could have slept all night, GEE: That’s all she writes.
knowing what she did. Here’s what she
wrote the next morning: LADY MATTIE:
“Well, it sure has been exciting here. Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
Winthorp, found the scarf and key on the to us. We’ll just wonder, I guess,
floor, unlocked the door and found Marnie whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
lying on the floor inside the turret. woman she must have been.
Meanwhile, Staunton was driving Emily in
the carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp SAM: We’re all glad you came back, Ellie, and

brought Audette with you before we left.
ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
and Georges will be ready to drive you
into town as soon as you are ready. I do
home you’ll all come back next year to
visit, even though there probably won’t be
another mystery to solve. But, then, you
never know.
ALL GIRLS: We’ll come back, we promise.
The End

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Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie
Andersen
Guest Manual for 8
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SCENE 1 - IN THE CASTLE SCENE 2: AFTER GAMES, BACK IN THE
LIBRARY WITH GREAT-AUNT MATTIE
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: It’s great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN YOUR GUIDES.
honoring the great English actress, LADY MATTIE:

meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, and SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Tinker.
ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.

ALLIE: I can’t believe I’m here - in England.

little, everyone started calling me Tinker. BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.

than Theresa. GEE: Did she really live here?
ALL: Laughter. BOBBIE: Yes, Gee. Do you know the legend?
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Tell us, Bobbie.
ALL: OK BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her


TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her
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SAM: Did you say, HAUNTS, Tinker? Are you BOBBIE: She seldom does appear, but she often
serious? leaves messages.
TINKER: Yes, one of our friends has actually seen GEORGIA: Or...other signs.
her “ghost”.
BARBIE: Well, I don’t want her to appear - so she
GEORGIA: That’s Bobbie, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnie’s “ghost”, Bobbie - haven’t you?
TINKER: Oh, - I DO hope she does.
BOBBIE: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. GEORGIA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky,
I saw her walking away from me. She Bobbie?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she
was wearing something long and flowing, BOBBIE: Just in the right place at the right time, I
kind of frothy and all white. guess.
ANNIE: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see LADY MATTIE:

ALLIE: I certainly hope so.
BARBIE: I certainly hope NOT!
SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me she’s

SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom.

PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
Just look at her portrait. She was
beautiful!


overeat.
GEORGIA: You’ll really love the food here, it’s SOOO

BOBBIE: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. HERE.
ALLIE: I hope she does.
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldn’t do that.
BOBBIE: Barbie, don’t be afraid. Marnie probably

won’t appear.

right here.

anyone!
GEORGIA: I hear that a Prince from somewhere

BOBBIE: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.

SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time

is it?

SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ALLIE: OK, here goes. Here, Gee, you read it.
(Hand envelope to Gee)
ALLIE, WALKING PAST THE TURRET TOWARD
YOUR BEDROOM, NOTICE AN ENVELOPE ON THE BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET. read it alone?
ALLIE: BOBBIE: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!

(pick up envelope)
Oh, my gosh, what could this be? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
ANNIE: What does it say? BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
I’m not scared anymore!!!!
ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS.
GEE: How would she know we’re here?
BARBIE: That’s us! See, I told you! This is very
scary! BOBBIE: How would she know our names?
GEE: We’d better tell Lady Mattie about this. GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
knows everything that goes on here.
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed.
TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
GEORGIA: Let’s open the envelope.
GEE: There’s something else.
TINKER: Yeah, - we’re the overnight guests. It (look at the inside of the envelope flap)
should be OK. This is exciting. Listen to this: Look for a clue under Sam’s
pillow.
GEORGIA: What do you think, Sam?
SAM: I simply don’t believe any of this. This
SAM: I don’t know - I think we should open it must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
with Great-Aunt Mattie. scaring ME - a “clue”.....under my pillow?
ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed. GEORGIA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway!
Where was this “note”, Gee?

GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap. 2) What is this “clue” for?
ANNIE: ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed

(taking envelope from Gee) since our ghost won’t be visiting.
Sure enough - there it is. Maybe
someone else was supposed to visit. SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? the “clue” is for.
With the name Barbie??? And who
knows Sam? GEE: Let’s hurry and see!
BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didn’t

mention any other overnight guests. ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAM’S
BED.
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the
“note”. And I believe she meant the SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
“note” for US, and the “clue” also. “CLUE” AND READ “SAM’S CLUE” ALOUD AND
BOBBIE: Gosh, I’m kinda sorry she won’t be visiting
us. DISCUSSION:
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages

and other signs. GEORGIA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left “household” wanted to be an actress like
the message for us. her.
BOBBIE: I believe so, too! SAM: So my “clue” could have some bearing on
her “death”.
ANNIE: But, the “clue” to what?
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1) Why can’t she meet us tonight? SAM: Yeah, I’m kinda tired.

ALL: Me, too. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
LADY MATTIE:
YOUR MANUALS TO SAM. SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your “ghost”, Marnie,
left us a “note” last night.
TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM LADY MATTIE:
DOOR.
IN THE DINING ROOM. ALLIE: Yes, the words on the envelope said, “TO
BE OPENED BY MATTIE’S OVER
NIGHT GUESTS”.

door to the turret. Scary!
GEE: So - we opened it. Was it OK to open it

without you?
BOBBIE: We didn’t want to wake you, Lady Mattie.
LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: It said, “I’M SORRY I WON’T BE

VISITING YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH
ESPECIALLY BARBIE WHO WANTS TO
BE A MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE A MODEL, TOO, JUST AS
WANTED TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE

ME.” GEE: It’s gone - disappeared right out of our
room. O’boy!
SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s our manuals, and that’s not all, Great-
name and that she wants to be a model? Aunt Mattie.
ALLIE: I’d like to know that, too. LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: I’m famous, that’s how. SAM: On the inside of the envelope flap, was a
hand-written note.
GEE: What do you think about it, Georgia?
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: Tell her, Sam.
BOBBIE: Where is the “note”, Gee? You had it last,
I believe. SAM: It said, “Look for a ‘clue’ under Sam’s
pillow”. So we did.
GEE: It wasn’t under my pillow this morning. I
thought you had it, Georgia. LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: I thought Sam had it. GEORGIA: Looked for the clue. It was there, just as
she, er... it said - under Sam’s pillow.
SAM: No, I haven’t seen it this morning.
LADY MATTIE:
TINKER: Haven’t seen it.
SAM: Something about relatives visiting Marnie
ANNIE: Me either. a year before she died.
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! ANNIE: Yeah - relatives from London.
BARBIE: Not me, I haven’t seen it. ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.

LADY MATTIE: SCENE 7: MORE CLUES?
ANNIE: Yeah, what does it have to do with SAM: Hey, Allie, what is that paper under your
anything? chair?
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Oh, it looks like a log of some kind, - it IS

a log of “Marnie’s Servants”.
BOBBIE: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too And,...here’s something in my manual.
she was shy for an actress. I think that’s ANNIE: And, what’s this under my coffee cup?
why she, ..her ghost, that is.., left the
note. She knew we all wanted to see her, ALLIE: Let’s see what you have!
except for Barbie, and she didn’t want
Barbie to be afraid. I honestly don’t know ANNIE: It has my name on it.
think the missing “Ghost Note” is a REAL ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
mystery. Maybe it’ll show up. Let’s look
for it right after breakfast. GEORGIA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them
up. What do they say?
READ ALOUD “ANNIE’S CLUE” AND PLACE IT IN

YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!
ALLIE: I’ll read mine.

YOUR MANUAL
BOBBIE: Let’s talk about these “clues” and what

they might mean. GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
hallway when we went to bed. Did
SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s anyone in the castle have access to the
Servants” that Allie found under her area while we slept?
chair?
SAM: Well, as a matter of fact, Gee; the maid,
ALLIE: Ellie, could have come around during the
(Pick up the Log of “Marnie’s Servants”) night or very early before we woke up.
Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to We did have clean towels in our
this? bathrooms this morning so she must have
(Read Ariel’s description from the Log). been in this wing, if she was in our
bathrooms.
ANNIE: Umm, very interesting! She was a
member of Marnie’s household and she BOBBIE: I think so. That must be the answer. But,
was an amateur actress. why would she take the “note” that was
meant for us?
BARBIE: Could she have been jealous of Marnie’s
professional status and killed her for it? GEORGIA: Well, our manuals are on the breakfast
table this morning - so she must have put
GEE: Maybe, but was Marnie actually killed? the “Ghost Note” someplace else for
Or...did she die of natural, but mysterious some reason. Maybe Lady Mattie can
causes? ask her.
SAM: Good question, but, I still really want to TINKER: Just to satisfy our curiosity.
know what happened to the “note”. Do
you think Marnie took it back? GEORGIA: It’s kind of spooky to think Marnie might
have taken it back and was wandering
ANNIE: Why would she do that? around while we slept.
ALLIE: This is a mystery we’ll never solve, Annie. BOBBIE: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
make us nervous? It must be Ellie. Let’s
BARBIE: Let’s all look around to make sure the just ask her where it is.
“note” is gone.

LADY MATTIE:
SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
ALLIE: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to SAM: There’s another strange paper on your
the bottom of it. bed, Barbie. What is it?
BARBIE: OK - and let’s get hold of Ellie, Lady BARBIE: It’s another log, but it’s about “Lady
Mattie’s maid first. Mattie’s servants” this time, and there is
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. Want me to read it?
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the “note”. ALL: Yeah!!
GEORGIA: Maybe she picked it up by mistake. BARBIE, READ ALOUD “BARBIE’S CLUE” AND
just in case Ellie might have put it there BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady
and we missed it. Mattie’s servants.
GEORGIA: It can’t have disappeared into thin air. GEORGIA: Yeah, kinda boring! Not like the servants
BOBBIE: Right you are, Polka. interests.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR LADY MATTIE:

EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR “GHOST
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” NOTE”.
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE”.

BARBIE: Not me. I’ll wait outside the door. SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!
GEE: OK, Barbie, we don’t need any fainting or LADY MATTIE:

BOBBIE: Let’s look very carefully. Aunt Mattie.
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
TINKER: We’ll find it, if it really existed at all. ALLIE: Does she have the “note”?
GEORGIA: Check for false walls and hidden BARBIE: I’m not going inside.
stairways.
BOBBIE: Yes, these old castles are excellent should be such a scaredy cat?
places for hiding things, and for “ghosts”
to wander around. LADY MATTIE:

the library.
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY
BOBBIE:
(Notice a white dress laying across a
chair)
Look here - laying across this chair - a
filmy white dress! That’s the same dress
I saw Marnie’s “ghost” wear. I know it is.
Filmy and frothy!
BARBIE: Can’t be - you’re kidding me!

BOBBIE: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
remember that dress forever. It’s so MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
beautiful!
BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip.
GEORGIA: Not a “note” to be found!
ALL: Okay!
TINKER: It’s as if it existed only in our imaginations.
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
SERVANTS” IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE” cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. staying in there.
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY GEORGIA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!
BOBBIE: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I

saw her wear last year.
ALLIE: The “Ghost Note” wasn’t there, either.

is it?
BOBBIE: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up

with an explanation from Ellie.
GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be

able to solve very quickly.

LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Okay, okay, we’ve been in the library a lot
- but haven’t really looked around here
SAM: The “Ghost Note”! very closely.
LADY MATTIE: BOBBIE: Let’s search the library while we’re here.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
someone else?
TINKER: I’ll do that. Georgia, check under things.
Mattie? GEORGIA: OK and Bobbie - look for secret panels
and stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going
GEE: Another “clue”? So far the “clues” haven’t to mean anything. None of the others
been much help in clearing up Marnie’s mean anything. They are just bits of info.
ghostly antics, let alone her completely ...throwing us...
mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
the “Family Trees” and the “Servant SAM: That’s it, Bobbie! You’ve got it! The
Logs”. “clues” are only meant to confuse us and
keep us off the track.
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep
Marnie’s memory alive. GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
SAM: I know, but there’s got to be an SAM: Trying to solve the mystery of Marnie’s
explanation for these 4 “clues” and also “ghost”, or even her “death”, if we could.
what we are supposed to do with them!
BOBBIE: I think you’re right!
ANNIE: Where should we look for this “Hidden
Clue”? LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Maybe where we haven’t looked before. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s
really odd. She’s definitely got something

to do with both. GEORGIA: Yeah, why?
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on BOBBIE: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going
the “Ghost Note” and envelope and the crazy!
“Hidden Clue Note” to see if they’re the
same. SAM: Yeah - whatever she’s doing doesn’t
make a whole lot of sense.
ALLIE: Yeah, if they are - then that means....
GEE: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we
GEE: That the “ghost” wrote them all or Ellie need to look at the “Family Tree” a little
wrote them all. It’s that simple! closer. Lots of “hidden secrets” in
SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that clues” there, too.
Ellie likes to play games with the guests
or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist! ANNIE: Okay, let’s start from the beginning.
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnie’s SAM: Let’s see, my “clue” says nothing about
death? the family tree exactly.
(Take “clue” from your manual and it
ALLIE: Ellie didn’t have anything to do with that! aloud)
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. ANNIE: Neither does mine.
(Take “clue” from your manual and read it
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or aloud)
someone else does....
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, servants. Some interesting people!
why keep it a secret? She needs to help (Take your “clue” from your manual and
us out here. read it aloud).
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s
SO curious? servants. Not interesting at all!
(Take your “clue” from your manual and

read it aloud). Renoir.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She

GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
the servants who lived and served during
Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
1650. to each other. That doesn’t help us
discover what happened to Marnie, or the
SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and reason she is haunting this castle,... if
“Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell SHE is.
us anything!
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she
wrote in the “Log of Lady Mattie’s
SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log”
Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not and the “Family Tree”. Where did you
unusual in that day and age. find the “Hidden Clue Note”?
GEE: LADY MATTIE:

(Place “Family Trees” on table so
everyone can see them) ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
And, Sam, according to the”Family for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp servants who worked for Marnie.
and Winthorp III were related, too.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and
Marnie’s servants were related, tho’ ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer
distantly. to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
haunting the castle.
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s
“Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will
1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was haunt the place where he or she died

under mysterious circumstances, until the LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS”
cause is found, or known, or until justice ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
is done.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this

case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
relative or maybe the descendant of her
servant, Aimee?
GEORGIA: That would be Ellie.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the

castle?
LADY MATTIE:

200 plus years ago.

BOBBIE: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her

to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE:
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM.

SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
gone, - look here in her closet - but she have gone?

dropped the “Hidden Clue Note” on the
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? LADY MATTIE:
(Pick it up from the bed)
It sure doesn’t say much. BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold
Case”.
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely “cold”!
certainly is a plausible answer to all of ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
this. mystery for us to solve.
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry. BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
Marnie actually left messages and signs. GEE: Maybe you three gals from “Merry Olde
England” would like to join us on our next
ANNIE: Now, there won’t be any more. Will your trip. We’d love it if you would.
parties still be the same?
SAM: There’s sure to be a mystery.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: We’d love to - just let us know when and
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s where.
memory?
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
silly. meeting each other.
GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam. GEORGIA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love

your clothes. SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
BOBBIE: I think we’ve found some new friends for ANNIE: Hey, what’s this tacked to the wall? It’s in
life. the same handwriting, as the other
ALL: Yeah. We sure have. it! Check it out!
SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack ALLIE: Let’s see - what is it?
together.
ALL: OK, lets!
ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. It’s
LADY MATTIE: an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM
MARNIE”.
GEE:
(Take “letter” from envelope)
GEORGIA: Well, what is it?
GEE: It’s a three page document - maybe a

letter like the envelope says.
GEORGIA: Let’s go to the library. I think the “Family

there. We may need them.

Lady Mattie.

EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND ALLIE:
THE “FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” (Read page 3)
LOG.
SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait better than any “Inspector’s Report”.
‘til you hear about this!
TINKER: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and find? It must have been something about
“Trees”. ‘1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
know how she died, we’d have to go back
SAM: Here are both, Gee. to ‘1649'.
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this ALLIE: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later
document tacked to our wall. The married Chaucer, the gardener.
envelope says it’s a “letter from Marnie”.
BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
LADY MATTIE: Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
GEE: SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone

(Hand document to Lady Mattie) think?
LADY MATTIE: GEE: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,

not Marnie.
BARBIE:
(Read page 1) BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s
discuss each possibility and see what we
LADY MATTIE: come up with.
GEE: DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT

(Read page 2) SCENARIO? HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND
LET ME KNOW WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE
LADY MATTIE: REAL ONE! I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
LADY MATTIE: GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve

ELLIE: opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
LADY MATTIE: SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the
4th of September was the date on the
AUDETTE: constable’s report. I’m sure of it.
LADY MATTIE: AUDETTE:
AUDETTE: SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That

sounds like fun.
ELLIE:
AUDETTE:
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: It’s entitled “Ariel’s Diary”. It’s dated 3
ELLIE: September 1650. (Read first page)
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
SAM: I sure wouldn’t think so. Wow, this is ALLIE I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
wrote in her diary. ALLIE: It begins:
(Read page 2)
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s
mysterious death? AUDETTE:

ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.

(Read page 3)
AUDETTE:
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get

sad and weepy reading stuff like this.
GEE: OK, I’ll read the rest. I’m Gee.

know how she could have slept all night,
wrote the next morning: (Read last 2
pages)
GEE: That’s all she writes.
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: We’re all glad you came back, Ellie, and
ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE “GHOST OF

MARNIE ANDERSEN” PARTY.
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remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, and
AS THE GUESTS ENTER THE LIBRARY, PLEASE Gee. It’s so nice to see you and I’m
ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND THEN HAND glad you could all come.
Georgia, Tinker, Polka and Pony, your
new English friends. You all look so
lovely.

meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker,
Polka and Pony.

than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:

EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.
My dears, let’s go out to the lawns where
the croquet game is all set up for us. You LADY MATTIE:
may leave your “GUEST MANUALS” here Well, how did you enjoy the games?
in the library. We’ll meet back here in the
library for a short visit before dinner. I’ll SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
get you started on the game and when it’s

time for you to come to the library, I’ll call ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
you.
ALL: OK.
BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE

GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY. GEE: Did she really live here?



serious?
her “ghost”.
POLKA: That’s Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnie’s “ghost”, Pony - haven’t you? BARBIE: Well, I don’t want her to appear - so she
probably will.
PONY: Yes, last year - here in the castle, in the
was beautiful - like she was floating; she POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was wearing something long and flowing,
kind of frothy and all white. PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
ANNIE: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see
her “ghost”, too. LADY MATTIE:
Let’s go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
ALLIE: I certainly hope so. That’s where the buffet is set up, and
don’t forget to look at Marnie’s portrait.

SAM: Here we are... in a ballroom. to the buffet.

Just look at her portrait. She was PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
beautiful!


overeat.
POLKA: You’ll really love the food here, it’s SOOO

PONY: Yes - do you all eat hamburgers and hot

dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time
is it?
LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before LADY MATTIE:
bedtime? Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think my room. You may come down to
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. breakfast in your nighties and PJ’s.

HERE.
GEE: Naw, Barbie, we wouldn’t do that. WITH THE “GHOST NOTE” ON THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
BOBBIE: Barbie, don’t be afraid. Marnie probably “SAM’S CLUE” UNDER SAM’S PILLOW.
won’t appear.

right here.

anyone!
POLKA: I hear that a Prince from somewhere

PONY: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.


SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed.
PICK UP ENVELOPE. BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
read it alone?
ALLIE: Oh, my gosh, what could this be?
PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!
ANNIE: What does it say?
GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
“I’M SORRY, I CAN’T VISIT YOU PERSONALLY
“TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIE’S OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH I’D LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
GUESTS” ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
BARBIE: That’s us! See, I told you! This is very JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD WANTED
scary! TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.”
GEE: We’d better tell Lady Mattie about this. BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
BOBBIE: How would she know our names?
TINKER: Yeah, - we’re the overnight guests. It
should be OK. This is exciting. GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
POLKA: What do you think, Sam?
SAM: I don’t know - I think we should open it
with Great-Aunt Mattie.

GEE: There’s something else. GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
(look at the inside of the envelope flap) and other signs.
Listen to this: Look for a clue under Sam’s
pillow. TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
the message for us.
must be a prank. Now she...or it IS PONY: I believe so, too!
scaring ME - a “clue”.....under my pillow?
POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway!
Where was this “note”, Gee? DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1) Why can’t she meet us tonight?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap. 2) What is this “clue” for?
ANNIE: ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed

(taking envelope from Gee) since our ghost won’t be visiting.
Sure enough - there it is. Maybe
someone else was supposed to visit. SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? the “clue” is for.
With the name Barbie??? And who
knows Sam? GEE: Let’s hurry and see!

FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY
HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A
ALLIE’S CLUE IN ALLIE’S GUEST MANUAL, AND
ROYALTY.
DISCUSSION:
ALLIE’S CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said

her.

her “death”.
ALL: Me, too.


DOOR.

IN THE DINING ROOM.

LADY MATTIE: SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.

don’t..... ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s
ALLIE: I’d like to know that, too.
NIGHT GUESTS”.
GEE: What do you think about it, Polka?
door to the turret. Scary! POLKA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
LADY MATTIE:

room. O’boy! ANNIE: Yeah - relatives from London.
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.

GEE: Tell her, Sam. PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too

YOUR MANUAL
chair? ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
a log of “Marnie’s Servants”. And,...here’s PONY: Let’s talk about these “clues” and what
something in my manual. they might mean.
ANNIE: And, what’s this under my coffee cup? LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING
ALLIE: Let’s see what you have! SERVANTS) IN GIRLS’ BEDROOM ON BARBIE’S BED
ANNIE: It has my name on it. DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it. RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
POLKA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s
up. What do they say? Servants” that Allie found under her
chair?
READ ALOUD “ANNIE’S CLUE” AND PLACE IT IN ALLIE PICK UP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
YOUR MANUAL ALLIE: Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to
this?
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE (Read Ariel’s description from the Log).
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE WAS IN HER
20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED AND WAS OFTEN
ALL: WOW!!! CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN MANY OF THE
PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER
ALLIE: I’ll read mine. GUESTS.

ask her.
POLKA: It’s kind of spooky to think Marnie might
PONY: Why on earth would she do that? Just to
Ellie, could have come around during the faced with another very strange mystery
night or very early before we woke up. an appearing and disappearing “note”
We did have clean towels in our written by a “ghost”. You know, there just
bathrooms this morning so she must have may be an “Inspector’s Report”
been in this wing, if she was in our somewhere in my desk in the library.

ALLIE: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to
the bottom of it.
SAM: There’s another strange paper on your


Want me to read it?

ALL: Yeah!!

and we missed it.

POLKA: It can’t have disappeared into thin air.
SERVANTS.
PONY: Right you are, Polka.

EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR Mattie’s servants.
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE”. interests.
LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR LADY MATTIE:

BEDROOM. While you look in the bedroom for your
“Ghost Note”, I’ll find my maid, Ellie, and
bring her up here.

NOTE”.

SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET!

LADY MATTIE:

BARBIE: Not me. I’ll wait outside the door.
Aunt Mattie.
GEE: OK, Barbie, we don’t need any fainting or

ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
ALLIE: Does she have the “note”?

BOBBIE: Let’s look very carefully.

GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room.

TINKER: We’ll find it, if it really existed at all.
should be such a scaredy cat?
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden

LADY MATTIE:
stairways.
and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping,
LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM tho’ she rarely leaves when we have
AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE. guests. I didn’t see an envelope with the
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent course, didn’t check Ellie’s room closely.
places for hiding things, and for “ghosts” Perhaps we’d better do that.
to wander around.
the library.
LADY MATTIE, TACK OR TAPE “LETTER FROM

GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE

ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
“NOTE” PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIE’S ROOM
MATTIE, BRING “FAMILY TREES” TO THE LIBRARY
EVERYONE, SEARCH THE TURRET THOROUGHLY WITH “GHOST NOTE”. ALSO HAVE THE
“INSPECTOR’S REPORT” IN YOUR HAND.
BOBBIE NOTICE A WHITE DRESS LAYING ACROSS BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip.
A CHAIR
BOBBIE: Look here - laying across this chair - a GEORGIA: Not a “note” to be found!
filmy white dress!

PONY: That’s the same dress I saw Marnie’s

“ghost” wear. I know it is. Filmy and SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
frothy! cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind

staying in there.
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d DARN!!
remember that dress forever. It’s so
beautiful! ANNIE: Marnie wasn’t there.
BARBIE: Let’s go to the library and tell Lady Mattie. PONY: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I
ALL: Okay!
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S ALLIE: The “Ghost Note” wasn’t there, either.
SERVANTS” IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE”
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. BARBIE: It also wasn’t in the bedroom. So, where
is it?
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up

with an explanation from Ellie. somewhere”.
GEE: I think this is one mystery we may not be GEE: Another “clue”? So far the “clues” haven’t
able to solve very quickly. been much help in clearing up Marnie’s
LADY MATTIE: mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created
COMING INTO LIBRARY, the “Family Trees” and the “Servant
I have news for you, ladies — Ellie was Logs”.
ascertain where she might have gone, but BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep
look what I found in her room — Marnie’s memory alive.
SAM: The “Ghost Note”! SAM: I know, but there’s got to be an

LADY MATTIE: what we are supposed to do with them!
And more logs....or rather....it looks like
“Family Trees” of Marnie’s and my ANNIE: Where should we look for this “Hidden
servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two Clue”?
“Logs” and now the “Family Trees” where
we could easily find them. ALLIE: Maybe where we haven’t looked before.
ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did BARBIE: Okay, okay, we’ve been in the library a lot
someone else? - but haven’t really looked around here
very closely.
Mattie? BOBBIE: Let’s search the library while we’re here.
LADY MATTIE: GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?

Gee). And there was a handwritten note TINKER: I’ll do that. Polka, check under things.
about another “clue” being “hidden”
somewhere. I left it on Ellie’s bed - that’s POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and
all it said-“find a “clue” hidden stuff.

PONY: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going ALLIE: Yeah, - if they are - then that means....
mean anything. They are just bits of info. GEE: That the “ghost” wrote them all or Ellie
...throwing us... wrote them all. It’s that simple!
SAM: That’s it, Pony! You’ve got it! The “clues” SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
are only meant to confuse us and keep us Ellie likes to play games with the guests
off the track. or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist!
GEE: Off the track of what, Sam? ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnie’s
death?
“ghost”, or even her “death”, if we could. ALLIE: Ellie didn’t have anything to do with that!
BOBBIE: I think you’re right! BARBIE: But she may know who really did.
LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or
I came across the “Scotland Yard someone else does....

but it said approximately the same thing GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows,
that “ANNIE’S CLUE” alluded to, that the why keep it a secret? She needs to help
red scarf and key were found on the floor us out here.
outside the turret and no cause of death

found, so no suspect was arrested. TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get
SO curious?
BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s

really odd. She’s definitely got something POLKA: Yeah, why?
to do with both.
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on crazy!

“Hidden Clue Note” to see if they’re the SAM: Yeah - whatever she’s doing doesn’t
same. make a whole lot of sense.

GEE: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we ALLIE: Now, my “clue” is all about Marnie’s
need to look at the “Family Tree” a little servants. Some interesting people!
closer. Lots of “hidden secrets” in TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL
“family trees” and maybe some “hidden AND READ IT ALOUD
clues” there, too.
ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
ANNIE: Okay, let’s start from the beginning. SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
SAM: Let’s see, my “clue” says nothing about BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s
the family tree exactly. servants. Not interesting at all!
TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL
AND READ IT ALOUD AND READ IT ALOUD
IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSEN’S LADY MATTIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS, TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIE’S
BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES SERVANTS.
FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY
HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT the servants who lived and served during
FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to
ROYALTY. 1650.
ANNIE: Neither does mine. SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and
TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL “Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell
AND READ IT ALOUD us anything!
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS.
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was
THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR. Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not
unusual in that day and age.

GEE PLACE “FAMILY TREES” ON TABLE SO LADY MATTIE:
EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM It was in Ellie’s room on the floor. She
GEE : And, Sam, according to the”Family probably dropped it when she left.
Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp
and Winthorp III were related, too. ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
PONY: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and servants who worked for Marnie.
Marnie’s servants were related, tho’
distantly. LADY MATTIE:
Exactly!
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s
“Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer
1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
Renoir. haunting the castle.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will
was only 2 years younger than Marnie. haunt the place where he or she died
under mysterious circumstances, until the
ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related cause is found, or known, or until justice
to each other. That doesn’t help us is done.
reason she is haunting this castle,... if BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this
SHE is. case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
GEE: I think the “clue” must be that Marnie’s servant, Aimee?
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she POLKA: That would be Ellie.
Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log” TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
and the “Family Tree”. Where did you
find the “Hidden Clue Note”? ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the
castle?

LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
Still employed here - well, all those on the I don’t believe that for a minute! Come
“log of my servants”, which Ellie with me to Ellie’s room. Perhaps you’ll
completed this year, 1850, except see something I haven’t.
Francoise, Armand’s mother and
Winthorp III’s wife; Charles, Hattie’s
husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellie’s LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM.
parents. Lynette is Dominique and LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS”
Hattie’s sister, by the way. And, Bette, ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
Georges’ wife; Derislaux and Julinette,
children, Nicholas and Charles.
The ones I just mentioned, which are no

employment when I no longer needed so
many servants. They all are still very
close and attend all the servants’ birthday
parties and such.

200 plus years ago.

PONY: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her

to be so nosy!

SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are Sure!
gone, - look here in her closet - but she
dropped the “Hidden Clue Note” on the BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? silly.
(Pick it up from the bed) It sure doesn’t
say much. GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam.

Look, here’s some blank “note” paper just Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her
like the paper the “Ghost Note” was to come back. I kind of enjoyed the
written on, and envelopes, too. She mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too.
all these years and I never guessed. SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
have gone?
certainly is a plausible answer to all of LADY MATTIE:
this. Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry. according to the “Family Tree”.
Marnie actually left messages and signs. BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold
Case”.
parties still be the same? GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely “cold”!
LADY MATTIE: ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a

Not for me. mystery for us to solve.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
memory?
GEE: Maybe you five gals from “Merry Olde

England” would like to join us on our next SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
SAM: There’s sure to be a mystery. the same handwriting as the other
BOBBIE: We’d love to - just let us know when and it! Check it out!
where.
ALLIE: Let’s see - what is it?
come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed ANNIE: Okay, - here it is - you read it, Gee. It’s
meeting each other. an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM
MARNIE”.
POLKA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love (Hand envelope to Gee)
your clothes.
GEE TAKE “LETTER” FROM ENVELOPE
PONY: I think we’ve found some new friends for life.
ALL: Yeah. We sure have.
SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack letter like the envelope says.
together.
POLKA: Let’s go to the library. I think the “Family
ALL: OK, lets! Tree” and “Marnie’s Servants” log are
LADY MATTIE:
I’ll be in the library if you need me. GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to
Lady Mattie.
WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEY’LL
BE THERE SHORTLY. EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND
THE “FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
LOG.

SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait must go back to 1649.
‘til you hear about this!
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and their fiancees from London, paid me a
“Trees”. visit for a month, on their way to France.
My cousin Emily’s fiancee in particular,
SAM: Here are both, Gee. namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook,
was so dashing, he practically and literally
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this swept me off my feet, as you say. I did
document tacked to our wall. The not encourage him, although I did not
envelope says it’s a “letter from Marnie”. ignore him either. He would have fought
a dual for me, I know, if there had been
LADY MATTIE: someone to dual with.
Let me see it, Gee.
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my
GEE HAND DOCUMENT TO LADY MATTIE personal maid, was smitten and he also
with her. Now, this is an unusual
LADY MATTIE: circumstance, you see, because servants
It certainly looks authentic and old, and were not to flirt with the aristocracy and
also very well written. It appears to be a vice-versa.
“letter”. Since it was tacked to your wall,
I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie, My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at
why don’t you begin reading it. Will you each other, rather lovingly, I might add,
please read the first page? (Hand first and left in a huff. I can’t blame her. I was
page to Barbie) just happy she didn’t see how I looked at
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue,
BARBIE: having gotten this far.
“I know by now, you probably don’t
believe in me - but you are looking in the Emily came back to the castle for a visit
wrong place. It’s not Ellie - really - I alone. One night she came upstairs
mean, she’s not the ‘ghost’! presumably to go to bed - when she
apparently saw a dim candle light in the
If you really want to know how I died - you turret and saw

LADY MATTIE: rooms off the hallway.
Gee, here’s the second page.
(Hand Gee the second page) You may wonder why I say “she”. I never
GEE: was a “she”. I also think Emily was the
...someone arranging books on a table. (I Scotland Yard Inspector’s chief suspect
often did this myself - it was my favorite because she left so abruptly - but it could
hideaway, you see.) And, Aimee often never be proven. No one was charged.
came into the turret to pick up and re
arrange things also. Later, when I was missed, and after my
chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in
I saw her stop and I simply turned and the carriage to a hotel in town, my
wished her a “good night” and since she
was leaving early the next morning, I bid LADY MATTIE:
her “good bye” also. I had the feeling she Allie, here you read the last page. This is
was startled to see me there. I finished certainly a revelation, isn’t it?
what I was doing and went to my rooms (Hand Allie the last page)
and changed into my night dress, then
suddenly remembered that I wanted a ALLIE:
book to read, returned to the turret and as butler, Winthorp, found the key to the
I was reaching for a book from the table turret on the floor and found my body
someone, unseen by me, came up behind inside.
me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
around my neck and choked the life out Now that everyone knows what
of...ME. She was so startled and happened, I will not haunt the castle
hopefully, appalled at what she’d done, again. I left many messages and clues
she quickly removed the scarf from my around in the past 200 years, but no one
neck, took the key from a table, hustled really took me seriously before. Thank
out of the turret and locked me inside, you dear friends! Please solve this
dropping the key and the scarf on the mystery for me so I can rest in peace.
floor outside the door. I think she must
have heard someone coming and My burning question is “Who would want
probably disappeared into one of the to kill me? And why? What was her

motive? Was I correct about the sex of BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s
my killer? These questions have discuss each possibility and see what we
bothered me all these years. come up with.
Could it have been my distant cousin, DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT
Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice? SCENARIO?
Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp,
Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
believe any of these would harm me. I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Please help! Love, Marnie”

TINKER: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t

find? It must have been something about
‘1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to
to ‘1649'.
ALLIE: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later

married Chaucer, the gardener.
BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and

Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone

think?

not Marnie.

LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME “clues”? Or did Ellie write them?
UP WITH A “PERFECT SCENARIO” AND THEN VOTE
ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A < Did anyone compare handwriting?
“PRIZE” FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST
OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.

TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
MYSTERY!
< Motive
Jealousy - professional, personal, love
based Who would do “anything” for Ariel?
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
Anyone in the castle that night
< Method
< Mistaken identity? Is it possible?
< Why did Marnie think the killer was a “she”?
< Who do you think the real “ghost” is? Marnie or

Ellie? Or someone else?
< Did the “ghost” write the “logs”, “notes” and

SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? morning. Aimee was in her room crying over
Charles.
LADY MATTIE, PLEASE READ BELOW AFTER THE
LADIES HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR SCENARIOS Method was, of course, strangulation.
Motive Mistaken Identity?

Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie,
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember,
offered her the best parts at the plays with which was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And,
she often entertained her guests. remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her
cousin because she had all the advantages in night clothes.
life.
Marnie thought the killer was a “she” because the killer
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emily’s came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
relationship with Charles and also the attention man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything because her hands Were not large enough or strong
for Ariel, even though he later married someone enough to strangle someone.
The “real ghost” is Marnie. She used Ellie’s stationery
The Obvious Suspects are and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
Emily
Ariel LADY MATTIE:
Staunton Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the
Aimee kitchen. I’ll just go see who it is.
Opportunity LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK

Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE.
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the LADY MATTIE:
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the please introduce your guest. We’ve

wondered where you disappeared to. something to deliver there. He said he’d
give it to his friend to deliver.
ELLIE:
This is Audette and she has some very ELLIE:
important information about Marnie’s Georges brought an envelope to the
death that she uncovered in an old trunk. castle, given to him by Inspector White,
She found a diary written by Ariel, who is a friend of his. Since the envelope
Marnie’s laundress. Ariel wrote in her was addressed to “person in charge”, I
diary about Marnie’s death - er, murder. opened it. I’m usually in charge of the
AUDETTE: thought it might pertain to that. Sorry.
Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy, LADY MATTIE:
which you’ll discover when you read her Don’t be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
diary. envelope?
LADY MATTIE: ELLIE:

How did you find the diary? Audette had written to us of her discovery
AUDETTE: before anyone else, since so much time
I purchased this old farmhouse in the has passed and the persons involved
country and found the trunk in the attic. were no longer alive.
and this diary. AUDETTE:
Yes, you see, I’m a history buff and I
LADY MATTIE: would rather preserve important
Well, how did you find Ellie? documents than have them buried in
some inspector’s files. Since so much
AUDETTE: time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an surely won’t be interested in solving the
Inspector White. I didn’t tell him what I’d mystery now, would they?
found - I just asked him where to find
Castle Wellington and told him I had SAM: I sure wouldn’t think so. Wow, this is

really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel AUDETTE:
wrote in her diary. Here, Sam, you read the first page.
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s AUDETTE, HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE
mysterious death? DIARY
ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? SAM: It’s entitled “Ariel’s Diary”. It’s dated 3
September 1650.
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? “I, Ariel, desperately want to be an
actress. I know I have talent. Marnie tells
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve me I do. She lets me have all the good
actually tried to figure it all out - who had parts in her little plays. Staunton believes
opportunity, motive, all that stuff. in me and would do almost anything for
me. But, he doesn’t have any influence
AUDETTE: with Marnie. Marnie doesn’t really know
Well, here in the diary - I’ll open it to the how jealous I am of her, nor does she
page where it begins. The page is dated encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
3 September, 1650. becoming a real actress. I actually think
Marnie deliberately keeps me from
SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the realizing my dreams. She thinks she’s
4th of September was the date on the keeping me happy just continuing to give
constable’s report. I’m sure of it. me amateur parts in her amateur plays.”
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
Yes, that was the day Marnie was found Who wants to read the second page?
in the turret and according to this - well, I’ll
give you each a page to read, if you like, ALLIE I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
then you’ll all know the truth.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE
SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That
sounds like fun. ALLIE: It begins:
”When Marnie’s cousins came to give her
the news about the new play, I was more

desperate than ever. I can’t contain to the turret, so she wouldn’t hear me,
myself. I want so much to ask Marnie if I picked up the red scarf from the table in
can go with her to the tryouts. I don’t dare the hallway and came up behind her,
ask her. How can I get there? Marnie wrapped the scarf around her neck and
most certainly will not let me go. Should I pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to
ask Staunton to drive me? No, I can’t do the floor and I quickly left, remembering to
that - he’ll be driving HER. lock the door behind me. I heard
someone coming, so I dropped the scarf
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. and the key running across the hall to the
She came back alone to visit Marnie. I linen closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I
can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on hid there until the coast was clear.”
Emily and be free to try out for the play
myself. Staunton will be free to drive me AUDETTE:
to town for the tryouts. I’ll ask him when Here are the final pages. Which one of
Emily is due to leave, so I can make my you wishes to read next?
plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
leaving early tomorrow morning. This will BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get
give me plenty of time. I’ll spy on Marnie sad and weepy reading stuff like this.
and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.”
AUDETTE:
Here is page 3. Who will read it? AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGES TO GEE
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie. GEE: It’s dated, 4 September 1650. I don’t
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE. knowing what she did. Here’s what she
wrote the next morning:
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! “Well, it sure has been exciting here.
“I saw Emily stop at the turret to say Winthorp, found the scarf and key on the
‘good-bye’ to Marnie and then she retired floor, unlocked the door and found Marnie
to her rooms. I saw Marnie go to her lying on the floor inside the turret.
rooms, then almost immediately back to Meanwhile, Staunton was driving Emily in
the turret. This was my chance. I tip toed the carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp

sent one of the neighbors for the local brought Audette with you before we left.
constable and the constable and Staunton
arrived about the same time. Staunton ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
had to go back into town and bring Emily
back to the castle for interrogation, much LADY MATTIE:
to her chagrin. Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
Winthorp explained he went looking for and Georges will be ready to drive you
Marnie when she didn’t come down for into town as soon as you are ready. I do
breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the home you’ll all come back next year to
floor in front of the turret door and opened visit, even though there probably won’t be
the door to investigate. Emily was a another mystery to solve. But, then, you
suspect, but it could not be proven that never know.
she was near the turret. Then, of all
things, I missed the tryouts, because the ALL GIRLS: We’ll come back, we promise.
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
until they completed the investigation. I The End
am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
maybe I’ll get another chance. Or, maybe
leave soon, as soon as the investigation
LADY MATTIE:
Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
to us. We’ll just wonder, I guess,
whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
woman she must have been.

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10 Players
NAME: _________________________
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: It’s great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.

meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Polka and Pony.




ALL: OK BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her


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death; and the cause was never
very friendly and very funny, too. She
determined. She haunts the castle now
was a comedienne.
You’ll see it when we go up for dinner.

LADY MATTIE:
her “ghost”.
POLKA: That’s Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnie’s “ghost”, Pony - haven’t you?
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
was wearing something long and flowing, guess.
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see
ALLIE: I certainly hope so.


PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
beautiful!


overeat.


dogs, everyday?!
ALL: Laughter.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. HERE.
ALLIE: I hope she does.

won’t appear.

right here.

anyone!



is it?

ALLIE PICK UP ENVELOPE PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!
ALLIE: Oh, my gosh, what could this be? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
scary! BOBBIE: How would she know our names?
pillow.
ANNIE: Bobbie said she went to bed. POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway!

GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap. DISCUSSION TOPICS:
ANNIE TAKING ENVELOPE FROM GEE 2) What is this “clue” for?
ANNIE: Sure enough - there it is. Maybe
someone else was supposed to visit. ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed
since our ghost won’t be visiting.
With the name Barbie??? And who SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
knows Sam? be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didn’t
mention any other overnight guests. GEE: Let’s hurry and see!
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the

“note”. And I believe she meant the ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAM’S
“note” for US, and the “clue” also. BED.
BOBBIE: Gosh, I’m kinda sorry she won’t be visiting SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
us. “CLUE” AND READ “SAM’S CLUE” ALOUD AND
GEORGIA: Remember, she often leaves messages
and other signs. DISCUSSION:
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left

the message for us. POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
PONY: I believe so, too! “household” wanted to be an actress like
her.
her “death”.

SAM: Yeah, I’m kinda tired. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
ALL: Me, too. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your “ghost”, Marnie,

EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND left us a “note” last night.
LADY MATTIE:
TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
DOOR.
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST BE OPENED BY MATTIE’S OVER
IN THE DINING ROOM. NIGHT GUESTS”.


without you?
LADY MATTIE:


room. O’boy!
SAM: Yep, those were the exact words.
ANNIE: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s our manuals, and that’s not all, Great-
ALLIE: I’d like to know that, too. LADY MATTIE:
hand-written note.
LADY MATTIE:
POLKA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
GEE: Tell her, Sam.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! ANNIE: Yeah - relatives from London.
BARBIE: Not me, I haven’t seen it. ALLIE: And, they stayed with her for a month.

anything? chair?

a log of “Marnie’s Servants”. And,...here’s
PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too something in my manual.
for it right after breakfast. POLKA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them

YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!

YOUR MANUAL
PONY: Let’s talk about these “clues” and what

they might mean.

SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s anyone in the castle have access to the
Servants” that Allie found under her area while we slept?
chair?
ALLIE PICK UP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” Ellie, could have come around during the
ALLIE: Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to night or very early before we woke up.
this? We did have clean towels in our
(Read Ariel’s description from the Log). bathrooms this morning so she must have
ask her.
GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the LADY MATTIE:
hallway when we went to bed. Did

ALLIE: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE?
the bottom of it.

BARBIE: OK - and let’s get hold of Ellie, Lady SAM: There’s another strange paper on your
Mattie’s maid first. bed, Barbie. What is it?
GEE: Maybe she saw something suspicious. BARBIE: It’s another log, but it’s about “Lady
BOBBIE: Or, maybe she has the “note”. something under it, - it’s another “clue”.
Want me to read it?
ALL: Yeah!!
just in case Ellie might have put it there BARBIE, READ ALOUD “BARBIE’S CLUE” AND
and we missed it. PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
POLKA: It can’t have disappeared into thin air. BOBBIE: Nothing impressive or exciting about Lady
PONY: Right you are, Polka.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love
YOUR BEDROOMS TO FRESHEN UP AND DRESS. interests.
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” LADY MATTIE:

NOTE”.


BOBBIE: Let’s look very carefully. Aunt Mattie.
GEORGIA: Yes, under everything in the room. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden BARBIE: I’m not going inside.
stairways.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent should be such a scaredy cat?

the library.
BOBBIE NOTICE A WHITE DRESS LAYING ACROSS

A CHAIR
BOBBIE: Look here - laying across this chair - a
filmy white dress!

“ghost” wear. I know it is. Filmy and
frothy!

PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
remember that dress forever. It’s so MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
beautiful!
BOBBIE: Well that was a wasted trip.
GEORGIA: Not a “note” to be found!
ALL: Okay!
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
SERVANTS” IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE” cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. staying in there.
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!
PONY: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I


is it?



ANNIE: But why? Did she write them or did GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
someone else?
TINKER: I’ll do that. Polka, check under things.
Mattie? POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and
stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
PONY: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going
the “Family Trees” and the “Servant SAM: That’s it, Pony! You’ve got it! The “clues”
Logs”. are only meant to confuse us and keep us
off the track.
ALLIE: Maybe where we haven’t looked before. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s

to do with both. POLKA: Yeah, why?
ANNIE: We could also check the handwriting on PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going
ALLIE: Yeah, if they are - then that means....
GEE: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we
or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist! ANNIE: Okay, let’s start from the beginning.
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get

SO curious?

BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s
servants. Not interesting at all! “Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in
(Take your “clue” from your manual and 1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was
read it aloud). Renoir.
GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She
the servants who lived and served during was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to
1650. ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
to each other. That doesn’t help us
SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and discover what happened to Marnie, or the
“Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell reason she is haunting this castle,... if
us anything! SHE is.
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT GEE: I think the “clue” must be that Marnie’s
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she
SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was wrote in the “Log of Lady Mattie’s
Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log”
unusual in that day and age. and the “Family Tree”. Where did you
find the “Hidden Clue Note”?
GEE PLACE “FAMILY TREES” ON TABLE SO
EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM LADY MATTIE:
GEE: And, Sam, according to the”Family
Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp ALLIE: So, really, - the servants who work here
and Winthorp III were related, too. for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
servants who worked for Marnie.
PONY: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and
Marnie’s servants were related, tho’ LADY MATTIE:
distantly.
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer
to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
haunting the castle.

GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM.
haunt the place where he or she died LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS”
under mysterious circumstances, until the ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
cause is found, or known, or until justice
is done.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this

case - Marnie? Or someone else? a
servant, Aimee?
POLKA: That would be Ellie.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably!
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the

castle?
LADY MATTIE:

200 plus years ago.

PONY: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her

to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE:

SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are SAM: Great! Do you know where she might
gone, - look here in her closet - but she have gone?

floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why? LADY MATTIE:
It sure doesn’t say much. BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold
Case”.
LADY MATTIE:
certainly is a plausible answer to all of ALLIE: Wherever we go, there seems to be a
this. mystery for us to solve.
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry. BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
Marnie actually left messages and signs. GEE: Maybe you five gals from “Merry Olde
ANNIE: Now, there won’t be any more. Will your trip. We’d love it if you would.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s where.
memory?
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
silly. meeting each other.
GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam. POLKA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love

your clothes. SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES!
PONY: I think we’ve found some new friends for ANNIE: Hey, what’s this tacked to the wall? It’s in
life. the same handwriting, as the other
ALL: Yeah. We sure have. it! Check it out!
SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack ALLIE: Let’s see - what is it?
together.
ALL: OK, lets!
LADY MATTIE:
an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM
MARNIE”.



Lady Mattie.
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND THE

“FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” LOG.

SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait TINKER: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t
‘til you hear about this! find? It must have been something about
GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and know how she died, we’d have to go back
“Trees”. to ‘1649'.
SAM: Here are both, Gee. ALLIE: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later
GEE: Okay. Lady Mattie, we found this
document tacked to our wall. The BARBIE: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
envelope says it’s a “letter from Marnie”. Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone

think?
GEE HAND DOCUMENT TO LADY MATTIE
LADY MATTIE: not Marnie.
BARBIE READ PAGE 1 BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s
LADY MATTIE: come up with.
GEE READ PAGE 2 DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT

SCENARIO?
LADY MATTIE:
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW
ALLIE READ LAST PAGES WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE!
ANNIE: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
LADY MATTIE: GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve

ELLIE: opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
LADY MATTIE: SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the
4th of September was the date on the
AUDETTE: constable’s report. I’m sure of it.
LADY MATTIE: AUDETTE:
AUDETTE: SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That

sounds like fun.
ELLIE:
AUDETTE:
LADY MATTIE:
ELLIE: September 1650.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
SAM: I sure wouldn’t think so. Wow, this is ALLIE: I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
wrote in her diary. ALLIE: It begins:
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s AUDETTE:

mysterious death?
ANNIE: I will Audette. My name is Annie.

AUDETTE:

sad and weepy reading stuff like this.

know how she could have slept all nigiht,
wrote the next morning.
LADY MATTIE:
ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED PLAYING

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remember - Annie, Allie, Barbie, Gee,
AS THE GUESTS ENTER THE LIBRARY, PLEASE Teddy and Ginger. It’s so nice to see
ASK THEM TO BE SEATED AND THEN HAND you and I’m glad you could all come.
Georgia, Tinker, Polka and Pony, your
new English friends. You all look so
lovely.

meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker,
Polka and Pony.

than Theresa.
ALL: Laughter.
LADY MATTIE:
1 2
My dears, let’s go out to the lawns where EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.
the croquet game is all set up for us. You
may leave your “GUEST MANUALS” here LADY MATTIE:
in the library. We’ll meet back here in the Well, how did you enjoy the games?
library for a short visit before dinner. I’ll
get you started on the game and when it’s SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
time for you to come to the library, I’ll call

you. ANNIE: This is fun - being invited here - I mean.
ALL: OK. ALLIE: I can’t believe I’m here - in England.
LADY MATTIE, AFTER GAMES ARE OVER, ASK THE BARBIE: Please tell us about the actress, Marnie.
GIRLS TO COME BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.

GEE: Did she really live here?



TINKER: And, no one was ever charged with her SAM: But, Barbie, Aunt Mattie told me she’s
serious?
her “ghost”.
POLKA: That’s Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen
Marnie’s “ghost”, Pony - haven’t you? BARBIE: Well, I don’t want her to appear - so she
probably will.
was beautiful - like she was floating; she POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was wearing something long and flowing,
kind of frothy and all white. PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
guess.
TEDDY: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see
her “ghost”, too. LADY MATTIE:
Let’s go up to the 3rd floor ballroom.
GINGER: I certainly hope so. That’s where the buffet is set up, and
don’t forget to look at Marnie’s portrait.

SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM English - very different from what you’re
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess! dogs, everyday?!
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up at dinner. ALL: Laughter.

beautiful! LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Hush, Allie. to the buffet.
TEDDY: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so

young? PLAYERS, LAY SCRIPTS ASIDE - ENJOY SUPPER.
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30 - that’s not PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
too young.
TEDDY: No, I guess not - but too young to die.


overeat.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY PONY: She was too beautiful for only a Prince.
LADY MATTIE:
Shall we sit here and chat awhile before GINGER: Wow, that’s awesome!
bedtime?
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think is it?
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet.
LADY MATTIE:
ANNIE: Yeah - she’s afraid she’ll see a ghost. Lots of time for you gals - I may just retire
ALLIE: I hope she does. my room. You may come down to
breakfast in your nighties and PJ’s.

IF TIME PERMITS, A GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED
BOBBIE: Barbie, don’t be afraid. Marnie probably HERE.
won’t appear.
GEORGIA: If she does, she won’t hurt you. We’ll be WITH THE “GHOST NOTE” ON THE FLOOR IN
right here. FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE TURRET, AND
“SAM’S CLUE” UNDER SAM’S PILLOW.
anyone!
TEDDY: Don’t worry, Barbie. She’s probably a

friendly “ghost”.


SCENE 5: SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON TEDDY: Bobbie said she went to bed.
BARBIE: OH - it must be from the ghost. Must we
ALLIE PICK UP ENVELOPE read it alone?
ALLIE: Oh, my gosh, what could this be? PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!
ANNIE: What does it say? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
ALLIE, READ WHAT THE ENVELOPE SAYS. “I’M SORRY, I CAN’T VISIT YOU PERSONALLY
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH I’D LOVE TO MEET YOU ALL,
“TO BE OPENED BY LADY MATTIE’S OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY BARBIE, WHO WANTS TO BE A
GUESTS” MODEL. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MODEL, TOO,
JUST AS SOMEONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD WANTED
BARBIE: That’s us! See, I told you! This is very TO BE AN ACTRESS LIKE ME.”
scary!
BARBIE: She wants to meet me?! Me??? Maybe
GEE: We’d better tell Lady Mattie about this. I’m not scared anymore!!!!
BOBBIE: I think she went to bed. GEE: How would she know we’re here?
GEORGIA: Let’s open the envelope. GINGER: How would she know our names?
TINKER: Yeah, - we’re the overnight guests. It GEORGIA: Well, if she can write notes, she probably
should be OK. This is exciting. knows everything that goes on here.
POLKA: What do you think, Sam? TINKER: Oh, I wish she wanted to meet me!!!
SAM: I don’t know - I think we should open it GEE: There’s something else.
with Great-Aunt Mattie. (look at the inside of the envelope flap)

Listen to this: Look for a clue under Sam’s TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left
pillow. the message for us.
SAM: I simply don’t believe any of this. This PONY: I believe so, too!
must be a prank. Now she...or it IS
scaring ME - a “clue”.....under my pillow? GINGER: But, the “clue” to what?
POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway! DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Where was this “note”, Gee? 1) Why can’t she meet us tonight?
2) What is this “clue” for?
GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap.
ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed
ANNIE TAKING ENVELOPE FROM GEE since our ghost won’t be visiting.
ANNIE: Sure enough - there it is. Maybe SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
someone else was supposed to visit. be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
With the name Barbie??? And who GEE: Let’s hurry and see!
knows Sam?
TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY
and other signs. HAD NEWS FOR HER, THAT HER UNCLE - A

ROYALTY.
ALLIE’S CLUE IN ALLIE’S GUEST MANUAL, AND
DISCUSSION:

POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said ALLIE’S CHAIR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
her.

her “death”.
ALL: Me, too.


DOOR.

IN THE DINING ROOM.

LADY MATTIE: POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words.

don’t..... TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s
GINGER: I’d like to know that, too.
NIGHT GUESTS”.
door to the turret. Scary! POLKA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
LADY MATTIE:

room. O’boy! TEDDY: Yeah - relatives from London.
SAM: I put it right on the table in the hall with all GINGER: And, they stayed with her for a month.

TEDDY: Tell her, Sam. PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too


chair?
YOUR MANUAL

ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE
And,...here’s something in my manual.

ANNIE: And, what’s this under my coffee cup?
they might mean.
ALLIE: Let’s see what you have!

LADY MATTIE, DURING THE FOLLOWING
ANNIE: It has my name on it.
SERVANTS) IN GIRLS’ BEDROOM ON BARBIE’S BED
ALLIE: And, this has my name on it.
DRAPE A FANCY LONG WHITE DRESS OVER A
POLKA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them
RIGHT BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM.
SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s

Servants” that Allie found under her
chair?
YOUR MANUAL ALLIE PICK UP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE ALLIE: Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to
BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER this?
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE (Read aloud Ariel’s description from the
ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF ON THE FLOOR A Log).
FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.
ARIEL - LAUNDRESS - SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WHEN
ALL: WOW!!! SHE WAS YOUNG, HOWEVER HARD WORK
TURNED HER HAIR GRAY WHILE SHE WAS IN HER

20's. SHE WAS ALSO TALENTED AND WAS OFTEN Ellie, could have come around during the
CHOSEN BY MARNIE TO ACT IN MANY OF THE night or very early before we woke up.
PLAYS SHE PRODUCED TO ENTERTAIN HER We did have clean towels in our
GUESTS. bathrooms this morning so she must have
ask her.
TEDDY: This is a mystery we’ll never solve, Annie.

faced with another very strange mystery LADY MATTIE, GO ALONG WITH THEM TO THEIR
an appearing and disappearing “note” BEDROOM.
written by a “ghost”. You know, there just
may be an “Inspector’s Report”
somewhere in my desk in the library.
GINGER: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to

the bottom of it.


and we missed it.
TEDDY: It can’t have disappeared into thin air.
GINGER: Right you are, Teddy.
EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR

ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”


SCENE 8: YET ANOTHER CLUE? SAM: Well, there’s nothing here.
SAM: There’s another strange paper on your ANNIE: Why don’t we look in the turret?


Mattie’s servants” this time, and there is BARBIE: Not me. I’ll wait outside the door.

Want me to read it? GEE: OK, Barbie, we don’t need any fainting or

ALL: Yeah!!
TEDDY: Let’s look very carefully.
PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL. GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room.
LADY MATTIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME TINKER: We’ll find it, if it really existed at all.
SERVANTS. POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden
stairways.
Mattie’s servants. LADY MATTIE, COME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM
AS SOON AS PONY BEGINS HER DIALOGUE.
Marnie had, with duals, acting, and love PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent
interests. places for hiding things, and for “ghosts”
to wander around.
LADY MATTIE:
While you look in the bedroom for your
“Ghost Note”, I’ll find my maid, Ellie, and
bring her up here.

NOTE”.

SCENE 9: NO ANSWERS YET! ANNIE TO FIND IN SCENE 11, AND THREE BLANK
“NOTE” PAGES AND THREE ENVELOPES ON THE
LADY MATTIE: DESK OR TABLE IN ELLIE’S ROOM
Aunt Mattie.
ANNIE: Did you find Ellie? A CHAIR
ALLIE: Does she have the “note”? BOBBIE: Look here - laying across this chair - a
filmy white dress!
GEE: Lady Mattie, is there any reason Barbie “ghost” wear. I know it is. Filmy and
should be such a scaredy cat? frothy!
LADY MATTIE: BARBIE: Can’t be - you’re kidding me!

and no,... Ellie must have gone shopping, PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d
tho’ she rarely leaves when we have remember that dress forever. It’s so
guests. I didn’t see an envelope with the beautiful!
course, didn’t check Ellie’s room closely. GINGER: Let’s go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
Perhaps we’d better do that.
ALL: Okay!
TEDDY: We’ll search the turret, then meet you in
the library. BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S
LADY MATTIE, TACK OR TAPE “LETTER FROM AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY.
GIRLS CAN SPOT IT RIGHT AWAY. MAKE SURE EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY

SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW with an explanation from Ellie.
MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
MATTIE, BRING “FAMILY TREES” TO THE LIBRARY able to solve very quickly.
WITH “GHOST NOTE”. ALSO HAVE THE
“INSPECTOR’S REPORT” IN YOUR HAND. LADY MATTIE:
COMING INTO LIBRARY,
TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip.
I have news for you, ladies — Ellie was
GINGER: Not a “note” to be found!
ascertain where she might have gone, but
look what I found in her room —
SAM: The “Ghost Note”!

SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind LADY MATTIE:

staying in there. And more logs....or rather....it looks like
“Family Trees” of Marnie’s and my
POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways? servants. Obviously, Ellie has left two
DARN!! “Logs” and now the “Family Trees” where
we could easily find them.
TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did
PONY: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I someone else?
ALL: Impossible! It was just a white dress! Mattie?
ALLIE: The “Ghost Note” wasn’t there, either. LADY MATTIE:

BARBIE: It also wasn’t in the bedroom. So, where Gee). And there was a handwritten note
is it? about another “clue” being “hidden”
somewhere. I left it on Ellie’s bed - that’s
PONY: Well, perhaps Lady Mattie will come up all it said-“find a “clue” hidden

somewhere”. PONY: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going
GEE: Another “clue”? So far the “clues” haven’t mean anything. They are just bits of info.
been much help in clearing up Marnie’s ...throwing us...
mysterious death! Looks like Ellie created SAM: That’s it, Pony! You’ve got it! The “clues”
the “Family Trees” and the “Servant are only meant to confuse us and keep us
Logs”. off the track.
BARBIE: It seems that the FAMILY wanted to keep GEE: Off the track of what, Sam?
Marnie’s memory alive.
SAM: I know, but there’s got to be an “ghost”, or even her “death”, if we could.
what we are supposed to do with them! BOBBIE: I think you’re right!
ANNIE: Where should we look for this “Hidden LADY MATTIE:

Clue”? I came across the “Scotland Yard
GINGER: Maybe where we haven’t looked before. but it said approximately the same thing
that “ANNIE’S CLUE” alluded to, that the
BARBIE: Okay, okay, we’ve been in the library a lot red scarf and key were found on the floor
- but haven’t really looked around here outside the turret and no cause of death
very closely. found, so no suspect was arrested.
BOBBIE: Let’s search the library while we’re here. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s
GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books? to do with both.
TINKER: I’ll do that. Polka, check under things. TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on
POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and “Hidden Clue Note” to see if they’re the
stuff. same.

GINGER: Yeah, if they are - then that means.... TEDDY: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we
need to look at the “Family Tree” a little
GEE: That the “ghost” wrote them all or Ellie closer. Lots of “hidden secrets” in
wrote them all. It’s that simple! “family trees” and maybe some “hidden
clues” there, too.
SAM: But, so what? That would just mean that
Ellie likes to play games with the guests GINGER: Okay, let’s start from the beginning.
or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist!
SAM: Let’s see, my “clue” says nothing about
ANNIE: I can handle that, but what about Marnie’s the family tree exactly.
death?
SAM TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL AND READ
ALLIE: Ellie didn’t have anything to do with that! IT ALOUD
BARBIE: But she may know who really did. IN 1649, A YEAR BEFORE MARNIE ANDERSEN’S
DEATH, WHEN SHE WAS 29, A MATURE ACTRESS,
BOBBIE: Maybe she wants us to find out, or BUT STILL EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL, RELATIVES
someone else does.... FROM LONDON VISITED HER FOR A MONTH. THEY
HAD NEWS FOR HER, - THAT HER UNCLE, A
GEORGIA: Well, if she knows, or thinks she knows, FAMOUS ACTOR, WISHED FOR HER TO TRY OUT
why keep it a secret? She needs to help FOR A PLAY THAT WAS TO BE PERFORMED FOR
us out here. ROYALTY.
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get ANNIE: Neither does mine.
SO curious?
ANNIE TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL AND
POLKA: Yeah, why? READ IT ALOUD
PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going THE TURRET ROOM WAS LOCKED WHEN THE
crazy! BUTLER FOUND MARNIE THERE. THE BUTLER
FOUND THE KEY ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE THE
SAM: Yeah - whatever she’s doing doesn’t ROOM AND A RED SILK SCARF WAS FOUND ON
make a whole lot of sense. THE FLOOR A FEW FEET FROM THE DOOR.

ALLIE: Now, my “clue” is all about Marnie’s unusual in that day and age.
servants. Some interesting people!
ALLIE TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL AND EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM
READ IT ALOUD
GEE: And, Sam, according to the”Family
ALL OF MARNIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp
SAME TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. and Winthorp III were related, too.
BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s PONY: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and
servants. Not interesting at all! Marnie’s servants were related, tho’
distantly.
BARBIE TAKE “CLUE” FROM YOUR MANUAL AND
READ IT ALOUD ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s
“Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in
LADY MATTIE’S SERVANTS CAME FROM THE SAME 1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was
TOWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS MARNIE’S Renoir.
SERVANTS.
GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She
GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
the servants who lived and served during
Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
1650. to each other. That doesn’t help us
SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and reason she is haunting this castle,... if
“Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell SHE is.
us anything!
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she
SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log”
Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not and the “Family Tree”. Where did you

find the “Hidden Clue Note”? castle?

It was in Ellie’s room on the floor. She Still employed here - well, all those on the
probably dropped it when she left. “log of my servants”, which Ellie
completed this year, 1850, except
TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here Francoise, Armand’s mother and
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the Winthorp III’s wife; Charles, Hattie’s
servants who worked for Marnie. husband; Lynette and Renoir, Ellie’s
parents. Lynette is Dominique and
LADY MATTIE: Hattie’s sister, by the way. And, Bette,
Exactly! Georges’ wife; Derislaux and Julinette,
ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer children, Nicholas and Charles.
to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
haunting the castle. The ones I just mentioned, which are no
GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will employment when I no longer needed so
haunt the place where he or she died many servants. They all are still very
under mysterious circumstances, until the close and attend all the servants’ birthday
cause is found, or known, or until justice parties and such.
is done.
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this problems while serving here for Marnie,
case - Marnie? Or someone else? a 200 plus years ago.
servant, Aimee? BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably
GINGER: That would be Ellie. she knows so much about them.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably! PONY: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the to be so nosy!

LADY MATTIE: SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM
I don’t believe that for a minute! Come
with me to Ellie’s room. Perhaps you’ll ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
see something I haven’t. gone, - look here in her closet - but she
floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM. (Pick it up from the bed)
LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS” It sure doesn’t say much.
ON THE LIBRARY TABLE.
LADY MATTIE:
Look, here’s some blank “note” paper just
like the paper the “Ghost Note” was
written on, and envelopes, too. She
all these years and I never guessed.

certainly is a plausible answer to all of
this.
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry.

Marnie actually left messages and signs.

LADY MATTIE:
Not for me.
ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s

memory?

LADY MATTIE: trip. We’d love it if you would.
Sure!
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
silly. BOBBIE: We’d love to - just let us know when and
where.
GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam.
LADY MATTIE:
Well, perhaps I can find Ellie and ask her TINKER: Thank you so much for asking us to
to come back. I kind of enjoyed the come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
mysteries and I hate to see it all end, too. meeting each other.
SAM: Great! Do you know where she might POLKA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love
have gone? your clothes.
LADY MATTIE: PONY: I think we’ve found some new friends for
Yes, she has a friend nearby. Perhaps life.
according to the “Family Tree”. ALL: Yeah. We sure have.
BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack
Case”. together.
GEORGIA: Yeah, Bobbie, 200 years is surely “cold”! ALL: OK, lets!
TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a LADY MATTIE:

mystery for us to solve. I’ll be in the library if you need me.
BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here. WAIT FOR THE GIRLS IN THE LIBRARY. THEY’LL
BE THERE SHORTLY.
GINGER: Maybe you five gals from “Merry Olde

SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait
‘til you hear this!
the same handwriting as the other GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and
“notes”, but not the 4 “clues” - I’m sure of “Trees”.
it! Check it out!
SAM: Here are both, Gee.
PONY: Let’s see - what is it?
BOBBIE: Take it down, Annie. document tacked to our wall. The
an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM LADY MATTIE:
MARNIE”. Let me see it, Gee.
GEE HAND DOCUMENT TO LADY MATTIE
LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Well, what is it? It certainly looks authentic and old, and
also very well written. It appears to be a
GEE: It’s a three page document - maybe a “letter”. Since it was tacked to your wall,
letter like the envelope says. I think you gals ought to read it. Barbie,
why don’t you begin reading it. Will you
POLKA: Let’s go to the library. I think the “Family please read the first page? (Hand first
Tree” and “Marnie’s Servants” log are page to Barbie)
BARBIE:
GEE: Before we read this, we need to show it to “I know by now, you probably don’t
Lady Mattie. believe in me - but you are looking in the
wrong place. It’s not Ellie - really - I
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND mean, she’s not the ‘ghost’!
THE “FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
LOG. If you really want to know how I died - you

must go back to 1649. LADY MATTIE:
Gee, here’s the second page. (Hand Gee
In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and the second page)
their fiancees from London, paid me a
visit for a month, on their way to France. GEE:
My cousin Emily’s fiancee in particular, ...someone arranging books on a table. (I
namely, Charles, the Earl of Northbrook, often did this myself - it was my favorite
was so dashing, he practically and literally hideaway, you see). And, Aimee often
swept me off my feet, as you say. I did came into the turret to pick up and re
not encourage him, although I did not arrange things also.
ignore him either. He would have fought
a dual for me, I know, if there had been I saw her stop and I simply turned and
someone to dual with. wished her a “good night” and since she
was leaving early the next morning, I bid
I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my her “good bye” also. I had the feeling she
personal maid, was smitten and he also was startled to see me there. I finished
with her. Now, this is an unusual what I was doing and went to my rooms
circumstance, you see, because servants and changed into my night dress, then
were not to flirt with the aristocracy and suddenly remembered that I wanted a
vice-versa. book to read, returned to the turret and as
I was reaching for a book from the table
My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at someone, unseen by me, came up behind
each other, rather lovingly, I might add, me and with a scarf, quickly wrapped it
and left in a huff. I can’t blame her. I was around my neck and choked the life out
just happy she didn’t see how I looked at of...ME. She was so startled and
him, too. Well, I feel I must continue, hopefully, appalled at what she’d done,
having gotten this far. she quickly removed the scarf from my
neck, took the key from a table, hustled
Emily came back to the castle for a visit out of the turret and locked me inside,
alone. One night she came upstairs dropping the key and the scarf on the
presumably to go to bed - when she floor outside the door. I think she must
apparently saw a dim candle light in the have heard someone coming and
turret and saw probably disappeared into one of the

rooms off the hallway. motive? Was I correct about the sex of
my killer? These questions have
You may wonder why I say “she”. I never bothered me all these years.
was a “she”. I also think Emily was the Could it have been my distant cousin,
Scotland Yard Inspector’s chief suspect Emily? Or Ariel? Or Eliza? Or Clarice?
because she left so abruptly - but it could Or even Aimee? Certainly not Winthorp,
never be proven. No one was charged. Chaucer or Staunton. He secretly loved
Ariel you know, but I knew. I can hardly
Later, when I was missed, and after my believe any of these would harm me.
chauffeur, Staunton had driven Emily in Please help! Love, Marnie.”
the carriage to a hotel in town, my
GINGER: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way
LADY MATTIE: better than any “Inspector’s Report”.
Allie, here you read the last page. This is
certainly a revelation, isn’t it? (Hand Allie ANNIE: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t
the last page). find? It must have been something about
ALLIE: know how she died, we’d have to go back
butler, Winthorp, found the key to the to ‘1649'.
turret on the floor and found my body
inside. POLKA: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later
Now that everyone knows what
happened, I will not haunt the castle TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and
again. I left many messages and clues Charles, the Earl of Northbrook?
around in the past 200 years, but no one
really took me seriously before. Thank TINKER: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone
you dear friends! Please solve this think?
mystery for me so I can rest in peace.
GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,
My burning question is “Who would want not Marnie.
to kill me? And why? What was her

BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s LADY MATTIE, ASK THE PLAYERS TO EACH COME
discuss each possibility and see what we UP WITH A “PERFECT SCENARIO” AND THEN VOTE
come up with. ON THE BEST. YOU MAY WISH TO OFFER A
“PRIZE” FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL AND THE MOST
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT OBVIOUS SOLUTIONS.
SCENARIO?
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW TOPICS TO HELP THE GUESTS SOLVE THE
WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE! MYSTERY!
I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
< Motive
Jealousy - professional,
personal, love based
Who would do “anything” for Ariel?
< Obvious suspects

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Others?
< Opportunity
Anyone in the castle that night
< Method
< Mistaken identity? Is it possible?
< Why did Marnie think the killer was a “she”?
< Who do you think the real “ghost” is? Marnie or

Ellie? Or someone else?

< Did the “ghost” write the “logs”, “notes” and SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
“clues”? Or did Ellie write them?
< Did anyone compare handwriting? LADY MATTIE, PLEASE READ BELOW AFTER THE
LADIES HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR SCENARIOS
Motive
Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always
offered her the best parts at the plays with which
she often entertained her guests.
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her

cousin because she had all the advantages in
life.
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emily’s

relationship with Charles and also the attention
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything
for Ariel, even though he later married someone
The Obvious Suspects are

Emily
Ariel
Staunton
Aimee
Opportunity
Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the

morning. Aimee was in her room crying over wondered where you disappeared to.
Charles.
ELLIE:
Method was, of course, strangulation. This is Audette and she has some very
important information about Marnie’s
Mistaken Identity? death that she uncovered in an old trunk.
At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie, She found a diary written by Ariel,
thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember, Marnie’s laundress. Ariel wrote in her
was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And, diary about Marnie’s death - er, murder.
remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A AUDETTE:
little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
night clothes. alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy,
which you’ll discover when you read her
Marnie thought the killer was a “she” because the killer diary.
came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf LADY MATTIE:
because her hands Were not large enough or strong How did you find the diary?
enough to strangle someone.
AUDETTE:
The “real ghost” is Marnie. She used Ellie’s stationery I purchased this old farmhouse in the
and wrote the logs, notes and clues. country and found the trunk in the attic.
LADY MATTIE: and this diary.
Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the
kitchen. I’ll just go see who it is. LADY MATTIE:
Well, how did you find Ellie?
LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK
WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE. AUDETTE:
I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an
LADY MATTIE: Inspector White. I didn’t tell him what I’d
Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie, found - I just asked him where to find
please introduce your guest. We’ve Castle Wellington and told him I had

something to deliver there. He said he’d really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel
give it to his friend to deliver. wrote in her diary.
ELLIE: ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s

Georges brought an envelope to the mysterious death?
castle, given to him by Inspector White,
who is a friend of his. Since the envelope ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie?
was addressed to “person in charge”, I
opened it. I’m usually in charge of the BARBIE: Or, did Emily?
thought it might pertain to that. Sorry. GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve
LADY MATTIE: opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
Don’t be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
envelope? AUDETTE:
Well, here in the diary - I’ll open it to the
ELLIE: page where it begins. The page is dated
Audette had written to us of her discovery 3 September, 1650.
before anyone else, since so much time SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the
has passed and the persons involved 4th of September was the date on the
were no longer alive. constable’s report. I’m sure of it.
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
Yes, you see, I’m a history buff and I Yes, that was the day Marnie was found
would rather preserve important in the turret and according to this - well, I’ll
documents than have them buried in give you each a page to read, if you like,
some inspector’s files. Since so much then you’ll all know the truth.
time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
surely won’t be interested in solving the SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That
mystery now, would they? sounds like fun.

AUDETTE: desperate than ever. I can’t contain
Here, Sam, you read the first page. myself. I want so much to ask Marnie if I
can go with her to the tryouts. I don’t dare
AUDETTE, HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ask her. How can I get there? Marnie
DIARY most certainly will not let me go. Should I
ask Staunton to drive me? No, I can’t do
SAM: It’s entitled “Ariel’s Diary”. It’s dated 3 that - he’ll be driving HER.
September 1650.
“I, Ariel, desperately want to be an The opportunity is here. Emily is here.
actress. I know I have talent. Marnie tells She came back alone to visit Marnie. I
me I do. She lets me have all the good can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on
parts in her little plays. Staunton believes Emily and be free to try out for the play
in me and would do almost anything for myself. Staunton will be free to drive me
me. But, he doesn’t have any influence to town for the tryouts. I’ll ask him when
with Marnie. Marnie doesn’t really know Emily is due to leave, so I can make my
how jealous I am of her, nor does she plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
encourage me to fulfill my dreams of leaving early tomorrow morning. This will
becoming a real actress. I actually think give me plenty of time. I’ll spy on Marnie
Marnie deliberately keeps me from and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.”
realizing my dreams. She thinks she’s
keeping me happy just continuing to give AUDETTE:
me amateur parts in her amateur plays.” Here is page 3. Who will read it?
AUDETTE: ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.

Who wants to read the second page?
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE.
ALLIE I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE “I saw Emily stop at the turret to say
‘good-bye’ to Marnie and then she retired
ALLIE: It begins: to her rooms. I saw Marnie go to her
”When Marnie’s cousins came to give her rooms, then almost immediately back to
the news about the new play, I was more the turret. This was my chance. I tip toed

to the turret, so she wouldn’t hear me, sent one of the neighbors for the local
picked up the red scarf from the table in constable and the constable and Staunton
the hallway and came up behind her, arrived about the same time. Staunton
wrapped the scarf around her neck and had to go back into town and bring Emily
pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to back to the castle for interrogation, much
the floor and I quickly left, remembering to to her chagrin.
lock the door behind me. I heard Winthorp explained he went looking for
someone coming, so I dropped the scarf Marnie when she didn’t come down for
and the key running across the hall to the breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the
linen closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I floor in front of the turret door and opened
hid there until the coast was clear.” the door to investigate. Emily was a
suspect, but it could not be proven that
AUDETTE: she was near the turret. Then, of all
Here are the final pages. Which one of things, I missed the tryouts, because the
you wishes to read next? Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get until they completed the investigation. I
sad and weepy reading stuff like this. am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
GEE: OK, I’ll read the rest. I’m Gee. maybe I’ll get another chance. Or, maybe
AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGES TO GEE leave soon, as soon as the investigation
know how she could have slept all night, GEE: That’s all she writes.
wrote the next morning: LADY MATTIE:
“Well, it sure has been exciting here. Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
Winthorp, found the scarf and key on the to us. We’ll just wonder, I guess,
floor, unlocked the door and found Marnie whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
lying on the floor inside the turret. woman she must have been.
Meanwhile, Staunton was driving Emily in
the carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp SAM: We’re all glad you came back, Ellie, and

ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
LADY MATTIE:
Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
and Georges will be ready to drive you
into town as soon as you are ready. I do
home you’ll all come back next year to
visit, even though there probably won’t be
another mystery to solve. But, then, you
never know.
The End
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presents
a
Samantha Elizabeth
Mystery
The Ghost of Marnie
Andersen
GUEST MANUAL FOR

12
NAME:
_________________________
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: It’s great to be here, Great-Aunt Mattie. EVERYONE, PLEASE OPEN GUEST MANUALS.

meet you also, Bobbie, Georgia, Tinker, SAM: They were fun, Great-Aunt Mattie.
Polka and Pony.




ALL: OK. BOBBIE: Well, she lived here alone, except for her



her “ghost”.
POLKA: That’s Pony, Tinker. You HAVE seen probably will.
Marnie’s “ghost”, Pony - haven’t you?
hallway on the third floor - near the turret. POLKA: Me, too. How can you be so lucky, Pony?
was beautiful - like she was floating; she PONY: Just in the right place at the right time, I
was wearing something long and flowing, guess.
LADY MATTIE:
TEDDY: Oh - maybe we’ll be lucky enough to see
GINGER: I certainly hope so.

SCENE 3: IN THE BALLROOM English - very different from what you’re
ANNIE: Oh, I feel like a princess! dogs, everyday?!
ALLIE: I wish Marnie would show up at dinner. ALL: Laughter.

beautiful! LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Hush, Allie. PLAYERS, LAY SCRIPTS ASIDE - ENJOY SUPPER
TEDDY: She was gorgeous! Why did she die so PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN SCENE 4 UNTIL DIRECTED.
young?
GINGER: I heard she was actually 30 - that’s not

too young!
TEDDY: No, I guess not - but too young to die!


overeat.

SCENE 4: AFTER SUPPER IN THE LIBRARY GINGER: Wow, that’s awesome!
LADY MATTIE: SAM: Do we have time for a game? What time

is it?
SAM: OK, Great-Aunt Mattie - I don’t think
Barbie is in any hurry to go to bed yet. LADY MATTIE:

HERE.

won’t appear.

right here.

anyone!
TEDDY: Don’t worry, Barbie. She’s probably a

friendly “ghost”.



ALLIE PICK UP ENVELOPE PONY: Hurry and read it, Gee. I can’t wait!
ALLIE: Oh, my gosh, what could this be? GEE, OPEN ENVELOPE AND READ “GHOST NOTE”
scary! GINGER: How would she know our names?
pillow.
TEDDY: Bobbie said she went to bed. POLKA: Oh, cheer up, Sam. It’s fun anyway!

GEE: Written on the inside of the envelope flap. DISCUSSION TOPICS:
ANNIE TAKING ENVELOPE FROM GEE 2) What is this “clue” for?
ANNIE: Sure enough - there it is. Maybe ANNIE: Well, I guess it’s safe for us to go to bed
someone else was supposed to visit. since our ghost won’t be visiting.
ALLIE: Someone who wanted to be a model? SAM: I need to find the “clue” first. Marnie must
With the name Barbie??? And who be too shy to meet us. I just wonder what
knows Sam? the “clue” is for.
BARBIE: Yeah, wait a minute. Lady Mattie didn’t GEE: Let’s hurry and see!
mention any other overnight guests.
GEE: No - I believe it was Marnie who wrote the ALL PLAYERS HEAD FOR BEDROOM AND SAM’S
“note”. And I believe she meant the BED.
“note” for US, and the “clue” also.
SAM, REACH UNDER YOUR PILLOW, PULL OUT
BOBBIE: Gosh, I’m kinda sorry she won’t be visiting “CLUE” AND READ “SAM’S CLUE” ALOUD AND
us. PLACE IT IN YOUR MANUAL.
TEDDY: Remember, she often leaves messages DISCUSSION:
and other signs. Does this pertain to her death?
TINKER: Yes, I agree with Gee. I believe she left POLKA: Professional jealousy, perhaps? She said
the message for us. in her “note” that someone in her
PONY: I believe so, too! her.
GINGER: But, the “clue” to what? SAM: So my “clue” could have some bearing on
her “death”.

SAM: Yeah, I’m kinda tired. SCENE 6: AT BREAKFAST IN THE DINING ROOM
ALL: Me, too. LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Great-Aunt Mattie, your “ghost”, Marnie,

EVERYONE, DO NOT TURN THE PAGE, BUT HAND left us a “note” last night.
LADY MATTIE:
TABLE IN HALLWAY OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM ANNIE: Yes, she really did!
DOOR.
THE SCRIPTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BREAKFAST BE OPENED BY MATTIE’S OVER
IN THE DINING ROOM. NIGHT GUESTS”.


without you?
LADY MATTIE:


room. O’boy!
POLKA: Yep, those were the exact words.
TEDDY: And, Barbie? How did she know Barbie’s our manuals, and that’s not all, Great-
GINGER: I’d like to know that, too. LADY MATTIE:
hand-written note.
LADY MATTIE:
POLKA: It’s all very puzzling, to say the least.
TEDDY: Tell her, Sam.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Scaryyyyyy!! TEDDY: Yeah - relatives from London.
BARBIE: Not me, I haven’t seen it. GINGER: And, they stayed with her for a month.

anything? chair?

PONY: Well, my theory is that Marnie was too And,...here’s something in my manual.
for it right after breakfast. POLKA: So, let’s see what they are. Open them

YOUR MANUAL
ALL: WOW!!!

YOUR MANUAL

they might mean.

SAM: What about the Log of “Marnie’s GEE: Sam said she put it on the table in the
Servants” that Allie found under her hallway when we went to bed. Did
chair? anyone in the castle have access to the
area while we slept?
ALLIE PICK UP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
ALLIE: Yeah - let’s look at it - A ha! Listen to Ellie, could have come around during the
this? night or very early before we woke up.
(Read aloud Ariel’s description from the We did have clean towels in our
Log). bathrooms this morning so she must have
ask her.
TEDDY: This is a mystery we’ll never solve, Annie.

GINGER: It’s a puzzler, Lady Mattie, but we’ll get to
the bottom of it.
SAM: There’s another strange paper on your


Want me to read it?

ALL: Yeah!!

and we missed it.

TEDDY: It can’t have disappeared into thin air.
GINGER: Right you are, Teddy.

EVERYONE, RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST, HEAD FOR interests.
LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE, KEEP THE LOG OF “MARNIE’S SERVANTS”
IN YOUR MANUAL WITH YOUR “CLUE”. EVERYONE, SEARCH BEDROOM FOR “GHOST
NOTE”.


TEDDY: Let’s look very carefully. Aunt Mattie.
GINGER: Yes, under everything in the room. ANNIE: Did you find Ellie?
POLKA: Check for false walls and hidden BARBIE: I’m not going inside.
stairways.
PONY: Yes, these old castles are excellent should be such a scaredy cat?
TEDDY: We’ll search the turret, then meet you in

the library.

A CHAIR
BOBBIE: Look here - laying across this chair - a

filmy white dress!

“ghost” wear. I know it is. Filmy and
frothy!

BARBIE: Can’t be - you’re kidding me! SCENE 10: BACK IN THE LIBRARY AFTER A FEW
MINUTES IN THE TURRET ROOM
PONY: No, really! It was only a year ago - I’d
remember that dress forever. It’s so TEDDY: Well that was a wasted trip.
beautiful!
GINGER: Not a “note” to be found!
GINGER: Let’s go to the library and tell Lady Mattie.
ALL: Okay!
SAM: See, Barbie, nothing happened. It’s a
cute place tho’, and I wouldn’t mind
BARBIE, KEEP LOG OF “LADY MATTIE’S staying in there.
AND TAKE IT WITH YOU TO THE LIBRARY. POLKA: No false walls or hidden stairways?
DARN!!
EVERYONE, LEAVE TURRET AND GO TO LIBRARY
PONY: But we found Marnie’s dress - the one I


is it?



TEDDY: But why? Did she write them or did GEORGIA: What should we do - look in books?
someone else?
TINKER: I’ll do that. Polka, check under things.
Mattie? POLKA: OK and Pony - look for secret panels and
stuff.
LADY MATTIE:
PONY: I’m not sure finding another “clue” is going
the “Family Trees” and the “Servant SAM: That’s it, Pony! You’ve got it! The “clues”
Logs”. are only meant to confuse us and keep us
off the track.
GINGER: Maybe where we haven’t looked before. BARBIE: And, Ellie is now probably missing - that’s

to do with both. POLKA: Yeah, why?
TEDDY: We could also check the handwriting on PONY: This is crazy! Ellie is crazy! I’m going
GINGER: Yeah, if they are - then that means....
TEDDY: That’s where you’re all wrong. Maybe we
or that Marnie’s “ghost” really does exist! GINGER: Okay, let’s start from the beginning.
TINKER: And why tease us so much that we get BARBIE: And my “clue” is all about Lady Mattie’s
SO curious? servants. Not interesting at all!
(Take your “clue” from your manual and

read it aloud). GEE: And there is Aimee, born in 1622. She
was only 2 years younger than Marnie.
GEORGIA: Which includes Ellie as a descendant of
the servants who lived and served during ANNIE: So, all the servants were distantly related
Marnie’s lifetime, say around 1630 to to each other. That doesn’t help us
1650. discover what happened to Marnie, or the
reason she is haunting this castle,... if
SAM: So let’s look at the “Servant Logs” and SHE is.
“Family Trees” again. The clues didn’t tell
us anything! GEE: I think the “clue” must be that Marnie’s
personal maid, Aimee, was an ancestor of
ALLIE AND BARBIE, HAND SAM THE SERVANT Lady Mattie’s maid, Ellie, just as she
LOGS FROM YOUR MANUALS. wrote in the “Log of Lady Mattie’s
Servants”. It was “hidden” in the “Log”
SAM: So, okay, Ellie’s ancestor, Aimee, was and the “Family Tree”. Where did you
Marnie’s maid. That’s probably not find the “Hidden Clue Note”?
unusual in that day and age.
LADY MATTIE:
EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM TEDDY: So, really, - the servants who work here
for Lady Mattie are descendants of the
GEE: And, Sam, according to the”Family servants who worked for Marnie.
Trees”, it looks like Marnie’s Winthorp
and Winthorp III were related, too. LADY MATTIE:
PONY: Lady Mattie’s servants’ ancestors and ANNIE: I repeat, this still doesn’t get us any closer
Marnie’s servants were related, tho’ to knowing how Marnie died, or why she’s
distantly. haunting the castle.
ALLIE: And, yeah, here it is...look at Clarice’s GEE: Well, I’ve always heard that a “ghost” will
“Family Tree”. There is Ellie, born in haunt the place where he or she died
1824. She’s 26 now. Her father was under mysterious circumstances, until the
Renoir. cause is found, or known, or until justice

is done. SCENE 11: IN ELLIE’S ROOM
BARBIE: But, who does want justice done in this ANNIE: Her room is empty, all her clothes are
case - Marnie? Or someone else? a gone, - look here in her closet - but she
relative or maybe the descendant of her dropped the “Hidden Clue Note” on the
servant, Aimee? floor where Lady Mattie found it. Why?
GINGER: That would be Ellie. It sure doesn’t say much.
TINKER: Possibly; yeah, quite probably! LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: Okay, who is still employed here at the GEE: So, Ellie decided to play “ghost”? That
castle? certainly is a plausible answer to all of
this.
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Aunt Mattie - you know I’m kind of sorry.
BOBBIE: I wonder if their ancestors had any I bet your guests always enjoyed thinking
problems while serving here for Marnie, Marnie actually left messages and signs.
200 plus years ago.
BARBIE: Wish Ellie were here. She could probably parties still be the same?
she knows so much about them. LADY MATTIE:
PONY: Oh, I hope we’re not the cause of her ALLIE: Will you still give parties in Marnie’s
leaving you, Lady Mattie. We don’t mean memory?
to be so nosy!
LADY MATTIE:
LADY MATTIE:
BARBIE: Gosh, I was scared for nothing. I feel
LADIES, FOLLOW LADY MATTIE TO ELLIE’S ROOM. silly.
LEAVING “FAMILY TREES” AND “SERVANT LOGS”
ON THE LIBRARY TABLE. GEE: I’m sad about it, too, Sam.

LADY MATTIE:
your clothes.
SAM: Great! Do you know where she might

PONY: I think we’ve found some new friends for life.
have gone?
ALL: Yeah. W e sure have.
LADY MATTIE:
SAM: Let’s go back to the bedroom and pack
BOBBIE: I’m afraid this is what they call a “Cold together.
Case”.
ALL: OK, lets!
LADY MATTIE:
TEDDY: Wherever we go, there seems to be a

mystery for us to solve.
BARBIE: We are sooo glad you all were here.
GINGER: Maybe you five gals from “Merry Olde


where.

come, Lady Mattie. We sure enjoyed
meeting each other.
POLKA: I’ll never forget you, Barbie. I just love

SCENE 12: GHOSTLY SURPRISES! SAM: Oh, Great-Aunt Mattie, you’re here. Wait
‘til you hear this!
the same handwriting, as the other GEE: Yeah, wait until Sam finds the “Logs” and
“notes”, but not the 4 “clues” - I’m sure of “Trees”.
it! Check it out!
SAM: Here are both, Gee.
PONY: Let’s see - what is it?
BOBBIE: Take it down, Annie. document tacked to our wall. The
an envelope labeled, “LETTER FROM LADY MATTIE:
MARNIE”.
(Hand envelope to Gee) GEE HAND DOCUMENT TO LADY MATTIE
GEE TAKE “LETTER” FROM ENVELOPE. LADY MATTIE:
GEORGIA: Well, what is it? BARBIE READ FIRST PAGE
GEE: It’s a three page document - maybe a LADY MATTIE:

GEE READ SECOND PAGE

Tree” and “Marnie’s Servants” log are LADY MATTIE:

ALLIE READ LAST PAGE

Lady Mattie. GINGER: WOW! This is quite a story! This is way
EVERYONE, GO TO THE LIBRARY. SAM, FIND THE
“FAMILY TREE” AND “MARNIE’S SERVANTS” LOG. ANNIE: You remember - the “clue” we couldn’t
find? It must have been something about

‘1649'. Marnie said if we really wanted to SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED??
to ‘1649'. LADY MATTIE:
POLKA: It says in the “Log” that Aimee later LADY MATTIE:

ELLIE:
TEDDY: I wonder whatever happened to Emily and

Charles, the Earl of Northbrook? AUDETTE:
TINKER: Yeah, I wonder. What does everyone LADY MATTIE:
think?
AUDETTE:
GINGER: Well, I think Emily meant to kill Aimee,

not Marnie. LADY MATTIE:
BOBBIE: Well, that’s a new twist! Hey, guys, let’s AUDETTE:

come up with. ELLIE:
DISCUSSION - DOES ANYONE HAVE THE PERFECT LADY MATTIE:
SCENARIO?
ELLIE:
HAVE FUN WITH THIS, LADIES, AND LET ME KNOW

WHAT SCENARIO YOU THINK IS THE REAL ONE! AUDETTE:
I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.


wrote in her diary.
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about

Marnie’s mysterious death?

ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie.
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes!

(Read page 3)
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve
actually tried to figure it all out - who had AUDETTE:
opportunity, motive, all that stuff.
AUDETTE: sad and weepy reading stuff like this.
SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - GEE: OK, I’ll read the rest. I’m Gee.
the 4th of September was the date on
the constable’s report. I’m sure of it. GEE: It’s dated, 4 September 1650. I don’t
AUDETTE: knowing what she did. Here’s what she
SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. (Read last 2 pages)
That sounds like fun.
AUDETTE:
LADY MATTIE:
September 1650. SAM: We’re all glad you came back, Ellie and
(Read first page of Ariel’s diary) brought Audette with you before we left.
AUDETTE: ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
ALLIE: I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it. LADY MATTIE:
ALLIE: It begins: ALL GIRLS: We’ll come back, we promise.

(Read page 2)
WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED PLAYING
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Manual
SCENE 13: THE MYSTERY SOLVED?? morning. Aimee was in her room crying over
Charles.
LADY MATTIE, PLEASE READ BELOW AFTER THE
LADIES HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR SCENARIOS Method was, of course, strangulation.
Motive Mistaken Identity?

Jealousy - Ariel (the laundress) was a very At first you might think Emily strangled Marnie,
talented amateur actress, and Marnie always thinking she was Aimee. Aimee, you remember,
offered her the best parts at the plays with which was caught by Emily flirting with Charles. And,
she often entertained her guests. remember, the first time Emily saw Marnie in the
turret, she was dressed in her day clothes. A
Personal - Emily was personally jealous of her little later, she saw a woman in the turret in her
cousin because she had all the advantages in night clothes.
life.
Marnie thought the killer was a “she” because the killer
Love based - Aimee was jealous of Emily’s came from behind and strangled her with a scarf. A
relationship with Charles and also the attention man would use his hands. The killer used a scarf
he paid to Marnie. Staunton would do anything because her hands Were not large enough or strong
for Ariel, even though he later married someone enough to strangle someone.
The “real ghost” is Marnie. She used Ellie’s stationery
The Obvious Suspects are and wrote the logs, notes and clues.
Emily
Ariel LADY MATTIE:
Staunton Wait, ladies, I hear someone in the
Aimee kitchen. I’ll just go see who it is.
Opportunity LADY MATTIE, GO INTO KITCHEN AND COME BACK

Emily, Ariel, Aimee and Staunton were in the WITH ELLIE AND AN UNKNOWN FEMALE.
visit. Ariel was in her quarters at The rear of the LADY MATTIE:
castle and Staunton was readying the carriage to Ladies, this is our missing Ellie. Ellie,
take Emily to a hotel in town early in the please introduce your guest. We’ve
Ellie and Audette Manual 1 Ellie and Audette Manual 2

wondered where you disappeared to. something to deliver there. He said he’d
give it to his friend to deliver.
ELLIE:
This is Audette and she has some very ELLIE:
important information about Marnie’s Georges brought an envelope to the
death that she uncovered in an old trunk. castle, given to him by Inspector White,
She found a diary written by Ariel, who is a friend of his. Since the envelope
Marnie’s laundress. Ariel wrote in her was addressed to “person in charge”, I
diary about Marnie’s death - er, murder. opened it. I’m usually in charge of the
AUDETTE: thought it might pertain to that. Sorry.
Yes, apparently Ariel lived out her years
alone, broken hearted, and a little crazy, LADY MATTIE:
which you’ll discover when you read her Don’t be sorry yet, Ellie. What was in the
diary. envelope?
LADY MATTIE: ELLIE:

How did you find the diary? Audette had written to us of her discovery
AUDETTE: before anyone else, since so much time
I purchased this old farmhouse in the has passed and the persons involved
country and found the trunk in the attic. were no longer alive.
and this diary. AUDETTE:
Yes, you see, I’m a history buff and I
LADY MATTIE: would rather preserve important
Well, how did you find Ellie? documents than have them buried in
some inspector’s files. Since so much
AUDETTE: time has elapsed, the Scotland Yard
I have a friend at Scotland Yard - an surely won’t be interested in solving the
Inspector White. I didn’t tell him what I’d mystery now, would they?
found - I just asked him where to find
Castle Wellington and told him I had SAM: I sure wouldn’t think so. Wow, this is

really exciting. Please tell us what Ariel AUDETTE:
wrote in her diary. Here, Sam, you read the first page.
ALLIE: Yeah, what does she say about Marnie’s AUDETTE, HAND SAM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE
mysterious death? DIARY
ANNIE: Did she do it? Did she strangle Marnie? SAM: It’s entitled “Ariel’s Diary”. It’s dated 3
September 1650.
BARBIE: Or, did Emily? “I, Ariel, desperately want to be an
actress. I know I have talent. Marnie tells
GEE: Or did Staunton or Aimee? We’ve me I do. She lets me have all the good
actually tried to figure it all out - who had parts in her little plays. Staunton believes
opportunity, motive, all that stuff. in me and would do almost anything for
me. But, he doesn’t have any influence
AUDETTE: with Marnie. Marnie doesn’t really know
Well, here in the diary - I’ll open it to the how jealous I am of her, nor does she
page where it begins. The page is dated encourage me to fulfill my dreams of
3 September, 1650. becoming a real actress. I actually think
Marnie deliberately keeps me from
SAM: That’s not the date of Marnie’s death - the realizing my dreams. She thinks she’s
4th of September was the date on the keeping me happy just continuing to give
constable’s report. I’m sure of it. me amateur parts in her amateur plays.”
AUDETTE: AUDETTE:
Yes, that was the day Marnie was found Who wants to read the second page?
in the turret and according to this - well, I’ll
give you each a page to read, if you like, ALLIE I do. My name’s Allie. I’ll read it.
then you’ll all know the truth.
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 2 TO ALLIE
SAM: Yeah, let’s each read a page aloud. That
sounds like fun. ALLIE: It begins:
”When Marnie’s cousins came to give her
the news about the new play, I was more

desperate than ever. I can’t contain to the turret, so she wouldn’t hear me,
myself. I want so much to ask Marnie if I picked up the red scarf from the table in
can go with her to the tryouts. I don’t dare the hallway and came up behind her,
ask her. How can I get there? Marnie wrapped the scarf around her neck and
most certainly will not let me go. Should I pulled. It was so easy. She dropped to
ask Staunton to drive me? No, I can’t do the floor and I quickly left, remembering to
that - he’ll be driving HER. lock the door behind me. I heard
someone coming, so I dropped the scarf
The opportunity is here. Emily is here. and the key running across the hall to the
She came back alone to visit Marnie. I linen closet. Luckily it was unlocked, so I
can get rid of Marnie, put the blame on hid there until the coast was clear.”
Emily and be free to try out for the play
myself. Staunton will be free to drive me AUDETTE:
to town for the tryouts. I’ll ask him when Here are the final pages. Which one of
Emily is due to leave, so I can make my you wishes to read next?
plans. I asked Staunton - he said Emily is
leaving early tomorrow morning. This will BARBIE: Oh, Gee had better read the rest. I get
give me plenty of time. I’ll spy on Marnie sad and weepy reading stuff like this.
and Emily to find the perfect opportunity.”
AUDETTE:
Here is page 3. Who will read it? AUDETTE, HAND LAST PAGES TO GEE
ANNIE: I will, Audette. My name is Annie. GEE: It’s dated, 4 September 1650. I don’t
AUDETTE, HAND PAGE 3 TO ANNIE. knowing what she did. Here’s what she
ANNIE: Thanks. Here goes! “Well, it sure has been exciting here.
“I saw Emily stop at the turret to say Winthorp, found the scarf and key on the
‘good-bye’ to Marnie and then she retired floor, unlocked the door and found Marnie
to her rooms. I saw Marnie go to her lying on the floor inside the turret.
rooms, then almost immediately back to Meanwhile, Staunton was driving Emily in
the turret. This was my chance. I tip toed the carriage to a hotel in town. Winthorp

sent one of the neighbors for the local brought Audette with you before we left.
constable and the constable and Staunton
arrived about the same time. Staunton ALL GIRLS: YEAH!!!
had to go back into town and bring Emily
back to the castle for interrogation, much LADY MATTIE:
to her chagrin. Well, you ladies will all be leaving today
Winthorp explained he went looking for and Georges will be ready to drive you
Marnie when she didn’t come down for into town as soon as you are ready. I do
breakfast, saw the scarf and key on the home you’ll all come back next year to
floor in front of the turret door and opened visit, even though there probably won’t be
the door to investigate. Emily was a another mystery to solve. But, then, you
suspect, but it could not be proven that never know.
she was near the turret. Then, of all
things, I missed the tryouts, because the ALL GIRLS: We’ll come back, we promise.
Scotland Yard Inspector interrogated all of
until they completed the investigation. I The End
am really upset. I did all this for nothing.
maybe I’ll get another chance. Or, maybe
leave soon, as soon as the investigation
LADY MATTIE:
Audette, thanks so much for bringing this
to us. We’ll just wonder, I guess,
whatever happened to Ariel. What a sad
woman she must have been.

PROP USAGE SLIPS
#1
Before Scene 1
Guest Manuals
Hand Guest Manuals (scripts) to each guest as she enters the library.
#2
Scene 4
Ghost Note
Place envelope containing the “Ghost Note” on the floor in front of the door to the
turret for Scene 5
#3
Scene 4
Sam’s Clue
Place “Sam’s Clue” under Sam’s pillow for Scene 5

#4
Before Scene 6
Guest Manuals
Before breakfast in Scene 6, place all Manuals at their places on the breakfast table
for Scene 6
#5
Before Scene 6
Annie’s Clue
Before breakfast in Scene 6, place “Annie’s Clue” under Annie’s coffee cup for Scene
7
#6
Before Scene 6
Log #1 (Marnie’s Servants)
Before breakfast in Scene 6, place “Log #1" under Allie’s chair at the breakfast table
for Scene 7
#7
Scene 7
Barbie’s Clue
During Scene 7, place “Barbie’s Clue” under “Log #2" on Barbie’s bed to be read in
Scene 8
#8
Scene 7
Log #2 (Lady Mattie’s Servants)
During Scene 7, place “Log #2” in girls’ bedroom on Barbie’s bed to be found in
Scene 8
#9
Scene 7
Long White Dress
During Scene 7, place the “Long White Dress” over a chair in the turret for Scene 9
and return to dining room
#10
Scene 9
Letter from Marnie
During Scene 9, tack or tape “Letter from Marnie” on the bedroom wall where the girls
can easily spot it in Scene 12
#11
Scene 9
Hidden Clue Note
During Scene 9, make sure “Hidden Clue Note” is on Elllie’s bed for Scene 11
#12
Scene 9
Three blank “Note” pages and three envelopes
During Scene 9, place three blank “Note” pages and three envelopes on the desk or
table in Ellie’s room for Scene 11
#13
Scene 10
Family Trees, Ghost Note, Inspector’s Report
Beginning of Scene 10, bring “Family Trees”, “Ghost Note” and “Inspector’s Report”
to the library
#14
Before Scene 13
Ariel’s Diary
Before Scene 13, have “Ariel’s Diary” ready in the kitchen to give to Audette before
you bring her into the library
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Page: 2
Please print this page (print current page).
Read the printing instructions then continue with the invitation.
Page: 3 Invitation
You will print one invitation for each guest. Since your guests become characters as chosen by
you and your child; be sure to add the correct character before printing each invitation.
see next instructions below
You must either remove or add the custom information where the invitation reads 'type...' before
printing. To delete and handwrite the party information, select the box and use the delete key and
press enter.
Use print current page option.

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have the box 'print annotations' or 'comments' selected in the print menu, then you have to
uncheck that box.
Choose one of each character in the box.

Highlight to select and then copy and paste into invitation by using the Edit/copy and Edit/Paste
menu options. Press tab after entering the information.
After printing, fold in 1/4 then trim the invitation to remove the white margin.
Page 4
For 8 players
8 copies of pages 4, 5 and 6
For 10 players
10 copies of pages 4, 5 and 7
For 12 players
12 copies of pages 4, 5, 8 and 9
Go to the dress samples and include those in your invitations.
Page: 10 Dress Samples (if you want to suggest they dress this way for the party)
Print one for each invitation. Go to the Stationary
Page: 11 Stationary
Print 3 copies. Use print current page option. Go to Ghost note.
1
Page: 12 Ghost Note and more
Print one copy of pages 12 to 21. Go to Log 1
Page: 22 Log 1
Print current page
Go to "Back of log 1"
Page: 23 Back of log 1

Print on the back of log 1.
Age the paper by placing a straight edge along the margin and tearing to remove the white
unprinted area of the margin. Crumple the paper a bit.
Go to Log 2
Page: 24 Log 2
Print current page
Page: 25
Print on the back of Log 2.
unprinted area of the margin. Crumple the paper a bit..
Go to Letter from Marnie.
Page: 26 Letter from Marnie

Print pages 26 to 28.
Reinsert these pages and print page 29 on the back.
Go to Ariel's diary.
Page: 30 Arial's Diary

Go to "back of diary' and print on the back of each of the pages you just printed.
Page: 35
Print on the back of Ariel's diary.
unprinted area of the margin. Crumple the paper a bit.
Go to Inspector's report
Page: 36 Inspectors report and more

8 Player, Print pages 36 to 51.
10 Player, Print pages 36 to 53.
12 Player, Print pages 36 to 55
Page: 56 Room Decorations and more

Print pages 56 to 80
2
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Go to the correct Adult Manual for your size party.
8 Player Game
Page: 81
Assemble your booklet.
Print 8 copies of pages 113 to 135. Assemble each of the 8 booklets.
Go to Ellie and Audette's manual.
10 Player Game
Page: 136
Go to 10 player guest manual.
Go to Ellie and Audette's manual
12 Player Game
Page: 191
Go to 12 player guest manual.
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Ellie and Audette's manual for all party sizes

Page: 246
Print 2 copies of pages 246 to 251 of Ellie and Audette's manual. These are the 2 adults who play
a part in the morning.
Page: 252 Props

Print pages 252 to 255. Cut out and place on the appropriate prop.
Page 256 Optional name tags

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Print pages 256 to 258 for 12 player
Page: 259 Thank you cards

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Lou Anne McKeefery

famous English actress

celebrate the life of a

party given by Lady A Samantha Elizabeth Mystery

I always wanted to be a model,

and still have the image stay together.

Servants of the Castle and their Descendants

1755 - 1825 1765 - 1820

Born in Paris, France Born in Grenoble, France

Died in Grenoble, France Died in Stratford, England

Cause of death: at home Cause of death: at son

from a broken heart Winthorp's home from

Winthorp III Francoise

Winthorp butler he was said to be a dashing man

(Completed in January 1850 by Ellie and pieced together from docu-

Lady Mattie’s servants as of Jan. 1850

Winthorp III butler - age 60 - descendant of the first Winthorp

If you really want to know how I died - you must go back

In 1649, 2 distant female cousins and their fiancees from

I must tell you the rest - Aimee, my personal maid, was

My cousin, Emily, caught them looking at each other, rather

Emily came back to the castle for a visit - alone. One

Later, when I was missed, and after my chauffeur, Staunton,

My burning question is, who would want to kill me? And

Could it have been my distant cousin, Emily, or her sister?

I’ Ariel, desperately want to be an actress. I

The opportunity is here. Emily is here. She

I asked Staunton - he said Emily is leaving

Winthorp explained he went looking for Marnie

NAME OF DECEDENT: Marnie Andersen

DATE OF INCIDENT: 4 September, 1650

DISPATCHED BY: Local Stratford Constable, Harry Sommes

TIME OF DISPATCH: 9:03 PM

DATE OF DISPATCH: 4 September, 1650

WHO PRONOUNCED THE DECEDENT DEAD: Dr. P. Watson, coroner

TIME AND DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 9:33 PM, 4 September,

WHERE WAS DECEDENT PRONOUNCED: at residence - Castle

WHO IDENTIFIED THE DECEDENT: Winthorp, the butler and Aimee

HOW IS THE IDENTIFIER RELATED TO DECEDENT: household staff

ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: Castle Wellington, Stratford

AGE:30 SEX: F RACE: W DOB: 1 May, 1620

NEXT OF KIN: RELATIONSHIP: Emily Hart, distant cousin (not

ADDRESS OF NOK: 12 Blaine Lane, London

PRIVATE PHYSICIAN: Henry Oglethorp, M.D.

DATE AND TIME DECEDENT WAS FOUND: 4 Sept. , 8:30 PM

DECEDENT FOUND BY: RELATIONSHIP: Winthorp, butler

DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE DECEDENT WAS

WHEN WAS THE DECEDENT LAST SEEN ALIVE, AND BY WHOM:

WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Saw Ms. Andersen in turret -

WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF DECEDENT WHEN LAST SEEN ALIVE:

DOES THE DECEDENT HAVE A MEDICAL HISTORY: none known

DID DECEDENT HAVE ANY BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT HAVE

DESCRIBE POSITION OF DECEDENT WHEN HE/SHE WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND:

WAS DECEDENT MOVED BY ANYONE FROM THIS ORIGINAL POSITION: no

DESCRIBE CLOTHING OF THE DECEDENT: wearing long white night

DESCRIBE APPARENT INJURIES TO BODY: none apparent, pending