48. Up the Stairs
Amy decides to head back upstairs and try Boswell again. As she climbs the stairs and sees Boswell again, though, she realizes that he won’t have anything new to tell her unless she has some interesting angle. “And,” Amy reflects, “Telling him ‘Hey, guess what? I killed your house guest!’ probably won’t win me any favors.” Amy DOES have the panties, now. As she looks at the flimsy garment, Amy puts two and two together to realize that the monogrammed C.S. likely stands for Claire Stephenson, the manor’s former mistress who stares down at her from the portrait on the wall.
“I wonder,” thinks Amy, “I already look a lot like Claire Stephenson. Maybe wearing these things will help get me into the role of Mistress Stephenson and I can use that to get by Boswell…”
What should Amy do?