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Zup wrote:Also, did we know that Mr. A was his benefactor, is that new info?

I contacted mons bienfaiteur and I asked him which case of those I had received he wished me to solve. Luckily he chose one that I found most intriguing myself. It is a case in Boston, Massachusetts, and admittedly on description it seems a relatively simple case of observation, but there is some intrigue; the call was from a psychoanalyst who claimed her patient confessed to some murders, but sadly it was in a drunken rage and he would not give such a confession before the police; nor can she, for she is bound by the promise of confidentialité. Hercule Poirot takes all his work seriously. Besides, this man has done great work for me, and I am keen to return the favor.

I typically prefer solving conventional breaches of law rather than speculating about a man’s general innocence or guilt – that is poor practice for the little gray cells – I hesitated, but this Administrator was very keen that I should investigate. C’est la vie! I am here in Boston.

narrativedilettante wrote:So if Mr. A is employing both of them, the question now is: Why didn't Mr. A want Holmes to join Poirot in investigating Todd?

When this whole thing started, I never thought it would lead to me typing that sentence.

Zup wrote:Maybe he wants us to examine the echo first? If the echoes are tied to an individual character...then we need to get someone to those spots, asap!

narrativedilettante wrote:So if Mr. A is employing both of them, the question now is: Why didn't Mr. A want Holmes to join Poirot in investigating Todd?

When this whole thing started, I never thought it would lead to me typing that sentence.

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

narrativedilettante wrote:So if Mr. A is employing both of them, the question now is: Why didn't Mr. A want Holmes to join Poirot in investigating Todd?

When this whole thing started, I never thought it would lead to me typing that sentence.

Well, the obvious answer is that he needed someone to stay behind in New York and find Cinderella. That's what we want, right?

NeverSlender wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

narrativedilettante wrote:So if Mr. A is employing both of them, the question now is: Why didn't Mr. A want Holmes to join Poirot in investigating Todd?

When this whole thing started, I never thought it would lead to me typing that sentence.

Well, the obvious answer is that he needed someone to stay behind in New York and find Cinderella. That's what we want, right?

Firstly, while it's probable, we don't KNOW Mr. A is also employing Holmes.

Secondly, if he wanted Holmes to find Cinderella why didn't he just say so?

NeverSlender wrote:I think we should try to confirm who Holmes' benefactor is first.

NeverSlender wrote:I think we should try to confirm who Holmes' benefactor is first.

Sicon112 wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:I think we should try to confirm who Holmes' benefactor is first.

We should indeed so that, but I suspect we will be OK regardless of the order we do the things in. I believe we should probably get on sending him the message now so that he can get to work, but let's bring this to the Holmes discussion and discus it there.

NeverSlender wrote:

Sicon112 wrote:

NeverSlender wrote:I think we should try to confirm who Holmes' benefactor is first.

We should indeed so that, but I suspect we will be OK regardless of the order we do the things in. I believe we should probably get on sending him the message now so that he can get to work, but let's bring this to the Holmes discussion and discus it there.

I've started, I asked Holmes if his benefactor calls himself an administrator.

Scarab wrote:I...

I am confused. Could somebody be so kind as to summarise exactly what has just been discovered in as layman's terms a manner as possible for me? Because this sounds big, but my brain can't quite process exactly how.

Scarab wrote:I...

I am confused. Could somebody be so kind as to summarise exactly what has just been discovered in as layman's terms a manner as possible for me? Because this sounds big, but my brain can't quite process exactly how.

narrativedilettante wrote:

Scarab wrote:I...

I am confused. Could somebody be so kind as to summarise exactly what has just been discovered in as layman's terms a manner as possible for me? Because this sounds big, but my brain can't quite process exactly how.

Well, Poirot referred to "this Administrator" and seemed to be talking about the benefactor who is guiding his actions, such as procuring tickets for travel to New York. It looks like Mr. Administrator has been more directly involved than we previously thought.

Since people have speculated previously that Holmes and Poirot both had the same benefactor, we are now speculating that Mr. A is influencing both of their actions. However, we have not yet received confirmation that Mr. A is Holmes' benefactor.

Does that help? Is there a more specific question you had, or were you confused about another point entirely?