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THE WESTING GAME
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IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS - QUOTES AND ANALYSIS (continued)
Yet another example of the outrageous interpretations the heirs place
on their clues is committed by Theo Theodorakis:
By changing for and thee to the numbers four and
three, Theo was able to arrange the clues into a formula
(whether or not it was a chemical solution, let alone the Westing solution,
was another matter).
N H(IS) FOR NO THEE (TO) = NH4NO3
But four clue letters were left out: isto, osit, itso,
otis OTIS! He had it: a formula for an explosive, and the
name of the murderer! He had to tell Doug. (102)
No longer limited to wordplay, there is now the search for a chemical
formula, with the remaining words leading again to Otis Amber.
The interactions of the different players in the game lead to some interesting
character portraits. Below, Christos Theodorakis meets Flora Baumbach
and makes the following observations about her:
Then Flora Baumbach came to see him. He wasn't nervous at all with
that nice lady. She smiles that funny smile because she's sad inside.
She once had a daughter named Rosalie. She told him how Rosalie would
sit in the shop and say hello to the customers, and how she would feel
the fabrics. Mrs. Baumbach made wedding dresses, which are mostly white,
so she bought samples of material with bright colors and patterns because
Rosalie loved colors best. Rosalie had 573 different swatches in her
collection before she died. Mrs. Baumbach said .........
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