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Fall Meeting: November 14 2007, Hershey's, E. LansingThe Musgrave RitualAn Acrostic prepared by The Chemist The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase.
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1. __ __ __ __     __ __    __ __ __   .... how often Holmes would docket his case papers. (every)
2.  __ __ __ __     __ __ __   __ __ __   .... Where was the sun?  
3.   __ __ __ __     __ __ __   __ __ __   .... Where was the shadow? 
4.  __ __ __ __     __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... Vanberry's profession. 
5.  __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... how Watson refers to his memoirs.
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... Musgrave's manners (and yet courtly). 
7. __ __ __ __ __  .... the material of the bag recovered from the lake. 
8. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  .... a term for the maze-like structure of Hurlstone manor.
9. __ __ __    .... the tree struck by lightning.
10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  or  (__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __)   .... the crutch of the singular affair.
11.  __ __   .... the patriotic symbol formed by bullet-pocks on the wall.
12. __ __ __ __ __   .... The number of maids at Hurlstone manor.
13. __ __ __ __ __ __   .... Holmes transfixed his unanswered correspondence to a wooden one.
14. __ __ __ __  .... where Holmes tied knots in a long string. (every)
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... how Musgrave described Brunton's forehead. 
16. __ __ __    by five and by five .... (a direction from the ritual.)
17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... how Holmes refers to his memento's of the Musgrave Ritual
18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __     __ __ __ __   .... what Watson gives himself in reaction to Holmes' habits. 
19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... it led to Brunton's ruin. 
20. __ __ __ __   .... Holmes' papers were Watson's great one. 
21. __ __ __ __ __   .... The depth of the lake in feet near the gravel path.
22. __ __ __    the kind of box in which Holmes kept his case memoirs.
23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... the 
shape out of which the crown was bent and twisted. 
24.  __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... Brunton's was found attached to an iron ring.
25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  and inference   ....  Holmes' methods, in which Musgrave expressed an interest.
26. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __   .... of the club-foot
27. __ __ __ __ __ __   Howells   .... (she was once engaged to Brunton.)
28. __ __ __ __    .... how Musgrave found the door to the library.
29. __ __ __ __ __   they had eaten through the wood of the hidden box.