Summary

In the chapter “Bad News and Bad News,” Sticky ground up wild chuck root to be put in the sweets in the cafeteria the following morning. Reynie was leaving a note for Milligan letting him know what they were planning, even though their plan was not very complete, as Constance pointed out when she questioned Reynie about the details. Among the mistakes Reynie made when he left the note for Milligan, he left part of the note uncovered by the rocks so that S.Q. spotted it when he went back to make sure he hadn’t missed any of the footprints.

As they were eating supper that evening, Jillson sat down at their table and told them S.Q. found a strange piece of paper but that it a man who claimed to have...