Chapter 28 Summary

It is Mid-October, and there are few visitors at the Rowan Tree Inn. Cropper and Hildebrand have been there a week crafting their plan. At one o'clock in the morning, they sneak out of the Inn and drive to the cemetery. The two men start to dig, and a huge storm rolls in. Cropper continues in spite of the weather and finally finds the box. He tries to take the box back to the Mercedes and his path is blocked by the storm. Eventually, the two men discover they have been caught in the act by Roland, Maud, Leonora, Blackadder and Beatrice Nest.

The scholars finally make it back to the inn, and the power is out, so they adjourn to Cropper's room by candelight and open the box to find out the end of the story. They discover the strands of hair...