Notes for #22 Mystery at Mead's Mountain © 1978
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| 13 |
Trixie: "I waited
outside your (Honey) math class so we could go to lunch together." |
| 15 |
Diana Lynch, who was fourteen like Trixie
and Honey, and Dan Mangan. |
| 17 |
Brian: "In case
you've forgotten, the first of the year is coming up, which means
our car insurance payment is due." |
| 20 |
- He (Mr. Wheeler) leaned against it (fire place), his bright
red hair contrasting vividly with the snowy woods scene in the
priceless painting that hung over the mantel.
- Mr. Wheeler: "Do you remember that George
(Kimball) was looking for a ski lodge to buy? He and I may become
partners in the venture. It's in a beautiful area of Vermont.
What George and I hope to do is turn the entire project into a
natural reservation area, leaving the land as undisturbed as possible."
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| 22 |
Mr. Wheeler: "The
plan would be for all of you and Miss Trask to fly up to Groverville
- which is about half an hour from Mead's Mountain - on my private
plane Saturday night (26th)." |
| 23 |
Mr. Wheeler: "The
mountain is named after Thomas L. Mead, one of the first trappers
in that area. A young couple, Pat and Katie O'Brien, are the new caretakers.
Of course, all your expenses will be paid and then there's the matter
of salary …" |
| 24 |
Mr. Wheeler: "Honey
and Jim have told me you've been thinking of selling the Bob-Whites'
car because of the high insurance payment. I would be happy to make
this year's payment for you if you'll only do this favor for me."
Jim: "But Dad, you know we hate to take money
unless we earn it." Mr. Wheeler: "Wait
till you see my lists of questions and points to look for. And I expect
a detailed, typed report within the week after you get back." |
| 25 |
Dan: "I'm afraid
I can't go. I promised Judge Harding I'd spend the vacation working
with the young kids from the juvenile home." Someday Dan hoped
to be a policeman so he could work full time with kids in trouble. |
| 26 |
Trixie: "Cross-country
skiing? I've never done that before. Neither have Brian and Mart."
Honey: "Jim and I haven't either, but Daddy
says we'll catch on in no time." |
| 29 |
Bob (Murphy - the pilot) asked them to
sign in on the plane's log. |
| 30 |
- Brian: "Hey, next it asks for name of
company." Trixie: "The Belden-Wheeler
Detective Agency." Mart: "Better make
that Schoolgirl Shamuses and Company." Brian:
"I'll just write in Bob-White Investigators."
- Trixie asked Bob if she could sit next to him for a while.
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| 31 |
Bob: "Would you
(Trixie) like to fly for a while?" Under Bob's guidance, Trixie
tried each of the basic maneuvers. |
| 34 |
Brian: "We Beldens
have never been to Vermont." |
| 36 |
Di: "I hereby
christen you (beige Volkswagen van) the Tan Van." |
| 40 |
Trixie whirled around to see a tall,
muscular blond man entering the room. He was wearing a very tight
striped T-shirt tucked into bell-bottom jeans, and he had a clipper
ship under full sail tattooed on his left forearm. "I'm Bert
Mitchell." |
| 42 |
Mart: "Who is
Stevenson?" Trixie: "Carl Stevenson is
only the best and most famous printmaker on the East Coast."
Di: "Don't you remember the reception my parents
had last spring to benefit the art museum? His daughter, Ellen, was
there." |
| 44 |
Trixie: "Whoever
did it (left the patio door open) did it just recently." |
| 45 |
Pat: "How do you
know?" Trixie: "Well, the room is still
a little warm and there isn't that much snow on the rug." |
| 46 |
Eric was long-limbed and lean, with very curly, longish blond hair and watery blue eyes. |
| 53 |
- They (honeymooners) smiled and introduced themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Allessi.
- The lodge was situated in a hollow at the base of a string of mountains, and it was much larger than it had looked the previous night.
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| 57 |
In came a petite, brown-haired girl carrying a tray of mugs of steaming hot chocolate. She introduced herself as Linda Fleming. |
| 58 |
Brian: "I take
it you (Linda) work here?" Linda: "Yes,
with my twin sister, Wanda. We're taking a semester off from college
to earn money for expenses." Wanda was a little taller than her
sister and had a sturdier build. |
| 60 |
Brian: "If I ever
make it through medical school. I also hope to serve in a medical
program —- like the ship HOPE." |
| 61 |
Linda: "……
then Eric can give you lessons. He's an expert cross-country skier."
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| 62 |
Linda: "Eric and
his mother had reservations for two weeks during the Christmas holidays.
…… Eric arrived alone and asked for a job." |
| 65 |
Eric: "I'm majoring
in architecture myself. Something I'd really like to do is build ski
lodges." |
| 68 |
Eric: "The whole
state of Vermont is honeycombed with trails and parks. Old Indian
trails, animal paths, hiking trails. Even the Appalachian National
Scenic trail isn't too far from here." |
| 69 |
Eric: "What do
you carry in them (survival kits)? Brian: "…
different types of bandages and smelling salts. Also windproof blankets,
matches, compass, signal mirror, whistle, rope, flashlight, …
a can of Sterno fuel, and some dried soup mixes and tea too."
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| 70 |
Honey: "My good
gold watch. The one that belonged to my grandmother. She gave it to
my mother when she finished school, and Mother gave it to me when
I was so sick." |
| 71 |
Jim: "Honey, you
know how Miss Trask is always reminding you to be more careful with
your things and is always picking up after you? She probably has it
for safekeeping." |
| 72 |
Bert: "I want
you to meet my friend, Jack Caridiff." Jack was short, and his
striped T-shirt revealed that he had broad muscular shoulders and
long hairy arms. Honey: "Tell me, Bert, are
you and Jack from this area?" Bert: "We
belong to the merchant marines and travel the world on tramp steamers."
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| 73 |
Honey: "Yes, we're
going to open the Belden-Wheeler Detective Agency officially once
we're out of college." |
| 77 |
Jim: "Trixie,
let's you and I lead the way and make a path in the new snow for the
others." Somehow she kept going, summoning up hidden reserves
of energy rather than admit out loud that she would just as soon turn
back. |
| 80 |
- Jim: "Isn't that from The Road Not
Taken? Since when did you become the poetry expert, Trixie?"
Trixie: "I'm not. I just remember Dad reading
the stuff to us when we were little instead of bedtime stories."
- Di: "He (Eric) certainly is very good-looking."
Mart: "You would think so."
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| 82 |
Jim: "Vermont
is farther north than Sleepyside so it will get dark sooner."
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| 92 |
A little farther up stream, Jim noticed
a large tree that had fallen across, making a natural bridge. It was
hard to tell how safe it was. Jim: "Solid as
can be." |
| 97 |
After the avalanche takes Mart ……
Jim: "Trixie, wait!" Brian:
(angry) "What do you mean, wait? That's our brother!" |
| 98 |
Jim: "You both
know that panic in a situation like this is very dangerous, so will
you just simmer down for a minute?" Trixie:
"Jim. I am going to find Mart, even if you don't seem to care
what happened to him." Jim: "… why
didn't we recognize this as a potential slide area? And I like to
think of myself as a woodman." |
| 101 |
Di: "And I thought
you'd be game for a race to go over and explore those caves."
Trixie: "What caves?" Di:
"I guess you can't see them from here, but I noticed them as
we were crossing the avalanche area. Maybe after Mart feels better,
we could come back to explore them." |
| 103 |
Mart, offered Trixie his arm and inquired formally, "Coming Ms. Belden?" |
| 106 |
Mart: "Not only
did I not buy your story about digesting dinner for a while but I
don't think Miss Trask bought your fabrication about needing fresh
air. That's probably why she asked me to bring you these flashlights."
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| 109 |
She'd (Trixie) been too intent on catching what was said to realize she'd been eavesdropping. |
| 112 |
Brian: "No way.
Mr. Wheeler hired us to explore all the area around here, not to try
to solve some mystery." |
| 114 |
Old man in cabin: "This
is private property, and I don't ever —- I mean ever —-
want to see you here again." |
| 117 |
Di: "You know
what? Eric's been gone all day. First thing this morning, he asked
Pat for the day off, and instead of going to town, he took off into
the mountains on skis." |
| 118 |
Mart: "The Purple
Turnip - what kind of place is that?" Wanda:
"A vegetarian restaurant." |
| 119 |
Linda: "Jenny
is our little sister. Physically Jenny is nine, but because of the
brain damage she suffered at birth, she has the mentality of a four-year-old."
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| 120 |
Trixie: "I'll
decide for you. You (Di) look stunning in bright colors. Honey, why
don't you wear your dark gold sweater and pants? …… you'll
look like the traditional golden girl." |
| 122 |
Groverville: Quiet streets and cozy
homes encircled the parklike town square. At one end of the square
was a picturesque New England church. Opposite the church was the
old town meeting house, with the date 1799 over the doorway. |
| 126 |
Jenny: (took Eric's
hand) "Come see my new puzzle." Mrs. Fleming:
"She (Jenny) has her own puzzle company." |
| 127 |
Mrs. Fleming: "They're
called Jenzles and are sold on consignment in several stores around
the area." |
| 128 |
Trixie: Jenny;
she obviously adores him (Eric). And kids, especially ones as sensitive
as Jenny, seldom make mistakes about people. |
| 129 |
Trixie: "Lasagna
ranks right after hamburgers with Mart." |
| 132 |
Wanda: "Jim (Carlyle)
is the music teacher at the high school We have an evening of good
music ahead of us." |
| 138 |
Honey: "So all
we need to do is find someone with man-sized waffle stompers that
have a five-pointed star design, and we have a ghost!" Trixie:
"All I need to do is get some sleep!" |
| 141 |
Di took a small sketch pad out of her pack. "I have to have twenty-five good sketches for my art class by the end of the semester." |
| 142 |
Jim: "How's Mr.
Crider as a teacher, Di? I'm thinking of taking art appreciation from
him next semester." Di: "I do enjoy art,
though, and I'm thinking of majoring in it at college." |
| 147 |
Trixie: "Peculiar,
nothing. He's a moonshiner or my name isn't Trixie Belden." Mart:
"Okay, Elizabeth Taylor." |
| 148 |
Mart: "You're
jumping to conclusions, Harriet Beecher Stowe." |
| 149 |
Mart: "…
my dear Eleanor Roosevelt … Oh, Virginia Woolf." |
| 151 |
Mart: "Coming,
Your Majesty, Queen of England?" |
| 153 |
Pat: "Rosie has
a problem understanding that she can't have everything that she wants
or likes." |
| 155 |
Mart: "…
Miss Scarlett O'Hara. And furthermore, don't you forget your disposition
toward overemphasizing, exaggerating, and downright imagining anything
even remotely suspicious!" |
| 162 |
Trixie: "And I
already know who the counterfeiter is." Jim:
"You must have supernatural powers if you know that already."
Brian: "Are you sure this isn't another one
of your famous conclusions?" |
| 166 |
Trixie took Honey's card (school ID)
and slipped it in between the door and the doorjamb. Trixie:
"Cheap locks. Anyone with a credit card has a key to this door."
|
| 177 |
Carl: "How could
they have detected the counterfeiter? It was perfect! The United States
Mint couldn't have done a better job." Trixie:
"The paper feels different." |
| 180 |
Mart: "You are
so gullible, Trixie! Anyone can tell you a sob story and have you
fall for it, no questions asked." |
| 189 |
Jim: "The coil
wire. This is a little trick Tom Delanoy taught me. That pickup can't
go anywhere without it." |
| 210 |
Carl: "I've decided
to make you a special, one-of-a-kind print of a Bob-White as my special
thanks." Trixie: "We'll give it a place
of honor in our clubhouse!" |
