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Answer: It is suitable because Leroy reads more books than anyone around him and remembers facts extremely well. His head is compared to an encyclopedia filled with information.
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Answer: They had met in prison, Davenport stayed with Nolan shortly before the robbery, a clerk thought she recognised Nolan, and Davenport disappeared immediately afterwards.
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Answer: The will leaves Nolan’s property, including the nursery, to Davenport. Since Davenport had vanished after the robbery, this new link gives the police a reason to find him again.
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Answer: Each word has an ordinary meaning, but those meanings do not combine into a sensible message for Davenport. The words must therefore be functioning as parts of a code rather than normal vocabulary.
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Answer: Nothing in the four written words directly says “fir tree”. His question seems unrelated until the weekday code is explained, which makes the deduction impressive.
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Answer: It tells Leroy to think of days of the week. Once he tests weekday names, he sees that Monday through Thursday can be changed into the four written words by removing D-A-Y and rearranging the remaining letters.
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Answer: The first four coded words represent Monday to Thursday after D-A-Y is removed and the remaining letters are rearranged. Applying the same rule to Friday leaves F-I-R.
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Answer: The mystery can be solved only by identifying the unwritten fifth word in Nolan’s weekday code. That missing word, “fir”, reveals where the stolen jewellery is hidden.
