The Westing Game Chapter Summary & Analysis - The Paired Heirs: Chapter 8 Summary

The Paired Heirs: Chapter 8 Summary

That night, there's a raging blizzard. The telephones and electricity are both out, and the tenants are snowbound. Resourceful Turtle sells everyone candles which she made at summer camp, and the partners meet to try and discover the hidden answer in their mysterious clues. Several of the partners try to find ways to discover the clues of the other groups. Sydelle Pulaski offers Chris a macaroon, hoping to get a look at his clues. Chris asks to see her shorthand notes, and she makes a hasty retreat; Chris can tell that her limp is faked.

Turtle studies the clues which she and Flora Baumbach have been given and decides they are stock market symbols. After all, the will said to take stock in America and go for broke. Then, of course, there was the instruction to buy Westing Paper Products. Turtle thinks that the idea of finding a murderer is...
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