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First Note: "Even ghosts ... " 18 hints left

Hint 1

This is the first note you get, and it's called "Rhyme Note" in inventory. It will appear soon after you start charging the phone; listen for "eerie singing" at the bottom of the stairs.

Hint 2

Let's take it a few lines at a time. It starts out -- "Even ghosts have their favorite haunts! / Charlotte requests a meeting with you."

Hint 3

Well, we don't necessarily want to meet Charlotte, do we? But this note is clearly not from Charlotte, since ghosts can't hold a pen; it must be from someone else who's playing stupid ghost games. That person we DO want to meet.

Hint 4

Next, it says, "Recite a rhyme with dreadful meter / Where dreadful meter is at its peak."

Hint 5

In the first line, meter means the rhythm of a line of poetry; in the second line, meter could mean an instrument that measures something, like --

Hint 6

-- well, like an EMF detector. So you need to find the place in the house that has the highest reading on the EMF detector.

Hint 7

When you find it, Nancy will comment on it. So if you think you found it but Nancy says nothing, you didn't find it yet.

Hint 8

Having trouble? It's in the tool room.

Hint 9

Go to the tool room and stand right in front of the double doors, then pull up the EMF detector and wait for Nancy to comment.

Hint 10

Now what do you do once you find the spot? Let's look at the rest of the note.

Hint 11

The next two lines are, "Make yourself blind / Don't dare peek." We're not talking about permanent blindness here; something temporary will do just as well.

Hint 12

There's something in the house here that will make a great blindfold, though you may not have noticed it.

Hint 13

Go into the parlor and grab a napkin from the tea service. But don't do anything with it yet; we have to tackle the rest of the note first.

Hint 14

It says, "Call Charlotte home." If you've talked to Wade and listened to Jess's phone journal, you've heard about a poem people say to call Charlotte. If you haven't, well, go do so.

Hint 15

Okay, now you're ready. Stand in front of the door in the tool room and use the EMF; while still looking at the EMF, click on the napkin in your inventory. You should now get a choice of things to say.

Hint 16

All you have to do now is click on the right poem. It starts --

Hint 17

-- "Fire so red. Night so black ... " This will introduce you to --

Hint 18

-- Harper the whack job.

Guide help

This is the low-spoiler guide for "First Note: "Even ghosts ... "" puzzle in Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall. Unlike in normal walkthrough, you get gradual hints on how to solve the puzzle. Click the big button below to see your first hint. If the hint contains a spoiler, you will be warned about it before clicking.

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