Solution to "Lord Bellwater's Secret" by Sam Gordon X PLANT X POT ... Not much here X BOOKSHELVES TAKE VOLUME 1 TAKE VOLUME 10 TAKE VOLUME 1000 ... OK I can take books but it doesn't seem to help X DESK X ENVELOPE OPEN IT READ LETTER X THE TIMES ... Horace was 72 when he died this week X WOODEN TRAY LOOK UP IVANHOE IN CARD INDEX ... Check the card index agrees with the books thet I looked at X FIREPLACE X PAINTING LOOK BEHIND PORTRAIT X SAFE X FIRE X ASH I ... Check what I've rescued from the fire X LEAFLET ... So I'm looking for a date X WINDOW LOOK THROUGH WINDOW OPEN WINDOW GO OUTSIDE D JUMP X IVY X PURSE OPEN PURSE READ SCRAP OF PAPER GO INSIDE X TABLE LOOK IN BOX TAKE DIARY X IT ... Aha! A date X CUTTING X BOTTLE SPIN DIAL TURN DIAL TO 90 ... Horace was born in 1790 (1862 - 72) TURN DIAL TO 10 ... October TURN DIAL TO 21 ... 21st PULL HANDLE X SAFE TAKE CRISP PAPER X IT READ POCKETBOOK LOOK UP 12/6 IN POCKETBOOK AMERICAN DATES ... Check we can swap date preferences LOOK UP 6/13 IN POCKETBOOK EUROPEAN DATES ... And back LOOK UP 14/6 IN POCKETBOOK ... Aha. Tristram Shandy (and must remember the helmet) X LEATHER BAG READ LABEL OPEN BAG TAKE GUINEAS I LOOK UP TRISTRAM SHANDY IN CARD INDEX GET VOLUME 307 ... Or whatever number came up in the index X COMPARTMENT TAKE LEGAL PAPER READ IT ... Aha! The missing will. READ PARCHMENT ... This is the clue for the fireplace X FIREPLACE PRESS HELMET ... Like it said in the pocketbook PRESS LION ... (Lion hard pressed) PRESS STAR PRESS STAR ... (TWICE the same for the star) PRESS BELL PRESS WATER X SLOT TAKE FLIMSY SHEET READ IT TAKE GREY NOTEPAPER READ IT OPEN DOOR ... Time to go ...but... LOCK DOOR ... Just to delay pursuit for a bit X CURTAINS TAKE CORD ... Worth a try CLIMB CURTAINS GET ON TABLE X RAIL TAKE CORD UNTIE CORD FROM CURTAINS X CORD TIE CORD TO DESK X CORD X WINDOW GO OUTSIDE I ... Still got that money that doesn't belong to me! GO INSIDE DROP BAG GO OUTSIDE D