text: [Themes: mystery / thriller, puzzle, historical]
  
  You walk into the library of an old mansion owned by Virginia Woolf, you are here because a precious jem had been stolen from the owner of the house earlier in the day. It's your job to find out who stole it and return it to the owner.
  
  When you first walk in to the library it is dimly lit and a warm fire cackles next to a big chair with it's back towards you. You walk to the front of the chair hopping that the butler did not mislead you in saying that the owner would be found in this room. There is a figure lounging casually in the chair that is lit by the fire place, the warm light sparkling off her eyes that stared intently at the floor.
  
  "Hello Ma'am?" You ask hopping not to startle her, you don't, in fact she doesn't even acknowledge your presence for several minutes.
  
  She finally stirs and looks at your face seeming to finally take in the the fact that she had company, "I only noticed the spot on the carpet three weeks ago, it has since plagued me. Where did the spot come from? Was it the fire that caused it? When it spit it's burning coals in protest of being left unattended and lonely? Or was a clumsy fool who lost the last of their wine or food to my hungry white carpet?"
  
  You are about to ask her what this could possibly have to do with the jewel when she continues on, "The jewel was in this room, on display next to some of my favorite books. I left to go into town and when I returned it was gone vanished like a mist in the early morning sun. I have five guest staying with me this weekend and I know one of them must have taken it, would you be a dear and talk to them to see who has stolen it? I wonder if it was done maliciously? Did I offend some heavily smoking guest so much that he thought to put out a cigar on my clean carpet and leave the offending mark? I guess I will never know, as we can never really know the past..."
  
  She returns to her musings and says no more as she continues to stare at the carpet.
  
  You don't know where to start so regrettably you must interrupt her quiet contemplation yet again, "Do you know who I should talk to first, and where they might be?"
  
  She sighs and looks you in the eyes, "You'll find Betteredge in the same place where they laid the Chrysanthemum haters husband."
  
  She doesn't look like she'll be giving you a better answer than that so you ponder her clue and decide to go:
  
  [Author's Note: A story I created for my college class: Follow the clues through the story and try to find out who took the jewels from Virginia Woolf's Library! There are six characters who will lead you around the house and to the answer as to who stole the jewel. To figure out this story you will need to know the stories, "The Importance of being Earnest", "The Odour of Chrysanthemums", "Confessions of an English Opium Eater", and "The Chimmny sweeper". Good luck!]
  
  > The Parlor
  You walk into the parlor and see an elderly looking man reading a well-worn copy of Robinson Crusoe and comfortably lounging in a chair. He looks up before you can even announce your presence.
  
  "You must be the detective for this fine mystery we have on our hands! Do tell me how's the investigation going?" Betteredge says with a sort of excitement about him.
  
  "You're the first person I've talked to besides Miss Woolf, so the investigation has not gone anywhere quiet yet." You explain and see a look of disappointment cross his face, you assume it's because of his love of mysteries which you had heard about from other detectives fortunate or unfortunate enough to cross his path whey they were on a case.
  
  "Oh well, since I am the first one you have been able to talk to I will make this brief, so you can continue with your investigation! During the time of the robbery I was sitting and talking with Lady Bracknell after my Lady had left for home just yesterday evening. She was not feeling well but insisted that I stay to enjoy the weekend. If it where me I would look into that Prufrok character or that Luke boy who seems to be slacking when ever a head turns away!"
  
  "Do you mind if I ask you if you know where your fellow guest where during the robbery?"
  
  "I don't mind at all!"
  
  > Who do you think you should go see next?
  You thank him for his answers and scribble them all down in your book, well asking him who he thinks you should talk to next.
  
  Betteredge rubs his chin in thought for a moment, "I think you should go looking for Prufrock, I would guess you could find him in the place where Little Tom Darcy would keep his things for cleaning."
  
  > Servants closet
  You go to the servants quarters at back of the house, you do not see Prufrock immediately and begin to think that maybe you had misunderstood Betteredge. Despite thinking it a silly idea you check the closet that the servants keep all their cleaning things in. In it you find a thin man with a balding spot on the back of his head. He sits on a low stool in the light of dust yellowed windows.
  
  "Mr. Prufrock?" You ask in a somwhat quiet voice.
  
  "Oh yes hello!" He says nearly jumping off the stool
  
  "Why are you in a closet Mr. Prufrock?" You ask in what you hope is a kind tone, but you probably sound more confussed thank anything else.
  
  "W-Why am I in a closet?" Prufrock says repeating your question, "Oh no reason at all! Non at all! I was just looking for a rag to clean up my buttons before I talk to Maria then I became distracted and was... Organizing the closet! I was just off to talk to her actually, but then again if it is after twelve I would be to late and i will have missed my chance."
  
  "Sire it's half past four." You say looking at your pocket watch and staring down confussed at the strange man before you.
  
  "Ah so it is to late..." He says sadly but you can see him let out a sigh of relief.
  
  "I'm actually here to ask you about the stolen jewel, it was taken around one and I as hopping you could tell me where you where during that time?"
  
  "S-stolen Jewel? I have no idea about any stolen jewel! I've b-been in here hiding... I mean organizing since breakfast! I didn't even know that there had been a theft!" He said wringing his hands.
  
  "Well do you have any idea where the other guest might have been during that time?" You ask with out much hope of him knowing anything.
  
  "I'm sorry but I have seen no one since breakfast and the only thing I could hear during the lunch hour was some incessant thumping coming from the garden." He tells you.
  
  "Thank you anyways, do you have any suggestions as to where to go next?" You ask
  
  "You should go where the cloth is laid for tea, and cups glint in the shadows." He supplies ever so helpfully.
  
  You close the closet door on your way out and walk towards the
  
  > Tearoom
  You enter the tearoom and can faintly smell the black tea that is brewed here, as well as the lingering sent of freshly baked pasteries. Lady Bracknell sits at a table next to wide window sipping her tea and reading what looks to be a book of poetry.
  
  "Good evening, Lady Bracknell." You say as you walk up to the table.
  
  "Good evening, I assume you are the dectective?" She says casting a calculating glance at you, "I understand you are here to find the missing jewels?"
  
  "Yes ma'am," You say give her your own calculating look,"I was just hoping you could answer a few questions for me so I can figure out who took them."
  
  Lady Bracknell looked offfened but you couldn't tell if it was something you said or for some other reason. To be completely honest Lady Bracknell's expression always looked like she was offended, as if someone long ago in her childhood told her that her dress was ugly and the shock had never quite worn off.
  
  "Well I should hope you know that I did not steal that Jewel, My collection at home has many stones which cost much more than that tiny thing. I have no need for the Jewel, and it would be unseemly for a lady of my status to even consider stealing them!"
  
  "Still Ma'am as a formality might I ask where you where durning the time of the theft?" You ask carefully.
  
  Her offense only seems to worsen, "I was with Betteredge sitting in the Parlor, we only parted ways an hour or two ago. That man is the only one in this house with any sort of manors, besides his lady but she has already left." Lady Bracknell sips her tea daintily before continuing, "I think I should advise Victoria to kindly refrain from having things stolen from her well she has so many guest over, It is simply an inconvenience."
  
  "I'm sure she'll take you advice into consideration," You say with a smile, "Can you tell me where any of the other guest might have been during the theft?"
  
  > Can you tell you where you might find the Damozel or Luke?
  You finish writing down what she has to say and close your note book, "Thank you ma'am for your help, can you tell me where I might find the Damozel or Luke?"
  
  "You'll most likely find the Damozel Crying her eyes out in the same place Cecily first meet Gwendolyn.
  
  > Garden
  You walk past the servants closet and have to wonder if Prufrock is still in there or if he had worked up the courage to leave yet? Possibly not since the closet was right next to the door out to the garden and a pretty girl was currently sitting there by the gate.
  
  "Hello Ma'am, I'm here to ask you some questions about the theft of the jewel." You say as you approach the girl sitting almost curled up against the gate, as if that would bring her closer to her beloved. She sits directly in the grass not caring that she is getting dirt and wood chips in it from a near by chopping block.
  
  "I will answer you questions," She says with a sigh, "I do wish my love was here, I feel as though this whole thing would have never happened had by betrothed been here."
  
  "Well I will try to make this quick, can you tell me where you where when the Jewel was stolen?"
  
  "I was right here waiting for my fiance to come, I am surprised he has not shown up yet. I wish to see his perfect eyes and his beautiful hair, I wish to have he strong arms embrace me yet again..." She looks off longingly into the distance clearly lost in some sort of memory.
  
  Sadly you still have questions to ask so you can not leave her to her day dream, "Do you know where the other guest where during the robbery?"
  
  > Do you know where you can find Luke?
  "Do you know where I can find Luke?" You ask her, "He is the last person I have to talk to."
  
  "You'll find him where the opium eater gave the Malay the thing that had them both addicted."
  
  She then goes back to staring off in the distance, looking for her love apparently.
  
  > Kitchen
  Before you enter the kitchen you can hear someone moving around in it, presumably making food of some sort. When you walk in you see Luke rummaging through the ice box and trying but failing to be quiet about it.
  
  "Good evening, a little close to supper for a snack isn't it?" You ask the younger man.
  
  "Uh, yes it would normally be but I have been working all day so I assumed a little snack couldn't hurt anything." He says sheepishly, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
  
  "Yes, I am a detective hired to figure out who stole the jewel from Victoria Woolf. I was hopping you could tell me where you where at one in the afternoon?" You ask the boy.
  
  "Oh I was out chopping wood in garden, Betteredge had sent me out there to get some. I reckon I was out there for a good hour and a half." He said, "I've been working in the house to pay off my parents debts."
  
  "Well that's certainly nice of you." you say taking note of it in your note book, "Do you think you could tell where any of the guest might have been when the theft took place?"
  
  > head back to Library
  You've have talked to everyone in the house all that's left to do is to put the clues together. Somewhere in all the stories told today there is the truth about who stole the jewel. Do you think that you know who it is?
  
  > The Damozel has it!
  You go up to Virginia and tell her that you are sure that Damozel stole the Jewel. She simply nods and allows you to lead her to the young women, who was still sitting in the garden by the gate.
  
  You can see the Damozel tesne as you approach, "Damozel? We need to search your quarters, unless you would like to confess to something before that?"
  
  Before you can say anything else she is off and running away down the drive. She doesn't run very fast and you quickly catch up to her, it is only a few moments before you have called the police and have her being watched by Luke and Betteredge in the Library.
  
  You go to search her room and in no time at all you have found the Jewel tucked away under he bed. Not the best hiding place in the world if you do say so yourself. The Jewel is final piece of evidence you needed to be sure that Damozel was the one who stole the jewel. You're suspicion first started when you realized that her story did not match up with the others, and she was one of the guest that didn't have a solid alibi for where they where when the Jewel was stolen.
  
  You go back to the library and hand the jewel back to Virginia, she takes and thanks you before returning it to it's place on the shelf.
  
  "So why did you steal it Damozel? You're parents have enough money, you are by no means poor?" Virginia asked the younger girl.
  
  The girl is a weeping mess now, but you can still make out her reply, "It was not for me that I stole it, I stole it for my beloved. I had hopped to give it to him so he might grow his business! I thought that maybe if he had more money my parents might accept him and allow me to marry me!"
  
  Virginia looks at the girl sadly, well the other guest keep their distance, even Lady Bracknell who usually has her voice heard in all matters. You decide to take your leave, it is not your job to decide what should be done with the thief, your job is only to find them and in this case you were successful.
  
  The End