Chapter 9 "News of Sis"

Chapter 9: “News of Sis”
Balustrade(84): railing
Discreet(86) : able to keep a secret
Hastened (86): accelerated/ Hurried
Dubiously (89): doubtfully, uncertainly
Intoned (90): chant
Calamities (90): disasters
Resolution (91): decision


Edmund looks at Dupin’s notebook
Peterson the young accountant has white hair/
Someone broke into the room and into Aunty’s trunk (with a key) they took a drawing of Aunty and Mum.
Dupin is drunk and goes to the clothier on Wickendon St.
Clerk tells a story of a man who was having a coat made and ran off when a beggar boy came in (Edmund)
Mr. Rachett is the man in the clothier.
Dupin is getting married.
Throck was following Dupin
Dupin calls himself Edward Grey
Rachett knows Peterson Rachett left a message for him …a note (urgent)He reads it later and says “at the hotel”
Peterson wants to be an inspector. (lives in the Hotel American House)

Study Questions :
1. Dupin is gone/notebook
2. an investigator
3. Throck
4. everything is in shambles
5. A picture of Aunty and Mum
6. Mr Rachett
7. He has news of Sis
8. Predict