Curtis then walks out of Miss Malloy's classroom, annoyed because Miss Malloy gave him a week of detention for searching through her desk drawers. Dupin then asks the Chief Inspector for a thorough description of the letter, and the Chief Inspector ponders that the letter must be there somewhere.īack in the present, Joe opens his locker, still thinking that his paper is somewhere on Miss Malloy's desk. When Dupin's butler Claude suggests that he carry the letter with him, the Chief Inspector dismisses this as his men - disguised as thieves - have searched him thoroughly with no such luck. The Chief Inspector tells him about their thorough searches, but finding nothing in the process.

Back at the house, Wishbone continues searching for the newspaper, but still cannot find it.īack in the story, Dupin wants to know more about their searches conducted at the Chancellor's house. Curtis then taunts Joe that he'll make Joe famous once he gets the paper, further cementing Joe's embarrasement. As Joe tries to get it, Miss Malloy takes the paper, and sets it down on her desk. Joe is embarrased and tries to hide it, but Curtis steals it. As Miss Malloy talks about the Battle of Waterloo, Joe starts writing out a crossword of words to describe Miss Malloy, but Curtis notices him doing so.

Miss Malloy notices that Curtis is tardy again, but Curtis notices that Joe has a crush on Miss Malloy. As the bell goes off, Curtis, a classmate of Joe's, arrives a few seconds later. Joe then notices that the paper has a list of supplies on the back of it, and Miss Malloy explains that she uses both sides of the paper so as not to waste it.Īs David and Sam arrive, they ask what Joe has, and Joe shows them. The English actually devised a plan to divide the cavalry into square, and when the French attacked, they were ambushed by Wellington's men, forcing the French to divide their thrust and forfeit their victory. The Chief Inspector then gives Dupin a blueprint map of the Chancellor's home, with marks to indicate where they had searched.īack in the present, Joe's 6th grade history teacher Miss Gretchen Malloy is teaching Joe about the Battle of Waterloo, and how the English cavalry, under command from The Duke of Wellington, had fallen back, fooling the French, under command from Napoleon, into thinking they they had retreated. The Queen ensured her trust in the Chief Inspector and the Paris Police to recover the letter before its contents are revealed, but every time they searched his home, they could not find the letter.Īfter the Chief Inspector finishes his story, Dupin suspects that the Chancellor is blackmailing the Queen to keep quiet for his personal and political gains. However, the Chancellor of France - recognizing the handwriting and seal on the letter - had noticed her suspicious behavior, and cleverly stole the letter while the King was distracted. Months earlier, The Queen of France had recieved a letter that she did not want her husband, the King of France, to know about. The Chief Inspector tells Dupin that the case that he requires help on is very simple but perplexing, and also extremely delicate, so they must keep it a secret. Auguste Dupin, a detective who has just solved the Murders in the Rue Morgue. In 1831 Paris, the Chief Inspector of the Paris Police arrives at the home of C. Wishbone searches through the book until he finds a story called The Purloined Letter: the first detective novel, written at least 50 years before Sherlock Holmes. He accidentally knocks over a stack of books, one of them titled The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Joe tells Ellen that he finished his homework and filled both of Wishbone's bowls, so the 2 of them leave to drop Joe off at school.Īs they leave, Wishbone tries to look for his rubber newspaper (which is in the middle of the room) and cannot find it, trashing the room in the process. Ellen suspects that he is trying to impress someone. Joe is wearing different clothes than when he was at breakfast, to which Joe replies that he likes these clothes better.

Ellen tells Joe to finish brushing his teeth Wishbone and Joe run down the stairs.

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