THE COLONEL'S BEQUEST
Sierra On-Line 1989
Complete Walkthrough (PC version)
Act I
7:00pm
(you start in Laura's room) Go east and ask Ethel about Rudy. Return west, then
continue west (back upstairs hallway) and north into the bathroom. Look at
Lillian twice while she is applying her perfume (so you recognise it later).
Leave the bathroom and pull the armoire on the left to find a secret passage in
the west wall. Look through the holes in the north painting to spy on Fifi and
Henri.
7:15pm
Return east out of the secret passage, then go through the north doorway on the
west wall (Colonel's room). Look at the colonel, then at his cigar. Walk west
again (Wilbur's room) and look at the bag. Return east twice to the hallway, and
pull the armoire on the right to find another secret passage. Look through the
holes in the north painting to spy on Ethel and Lillian. Return west out of the
secret passage, then go south (front downstairs hallway), downstairs and north
(back downstairs hallway). Pull the clock on the left to find yet another secret
passage. Look through the holes in the south painting to spy on Rudy and Gloria.
7:30pm
Return east out of the secret passage, then pull the mirror on the right to find
another. Look through the holes in the south painting to spy on Clarence and
Gertie.
7:45pm
Return west out of the secret passage, then go south twice (don't walk in the
middle of the hallway because the chandelier might fall down from above and kill
you) to be outside the mansion. From here go west 3 times (playhouse) and south,
then enter the carriage house. Pick up the oilcan from the bench, then go to the
carriage and look in the carriage (you will pick up a crowbar). Leave this
building, walk right and go north (playhouse) and north again and into a chapel.
Walk over towards the pulpit, then look at the floor. Pry the boards with the
crowbar, then look in the hole and take the bible (you will read it and put it
back).
Now head east 3 times and south to go through the back door of the mansion. Go
west and west again to find the study. Look at the case on the desk (you see a
gun). Open the cabinet on the left side of the north wall. Go east twice, south
and east again into the parlor. Look at the decanter. Return west and walk over
to the knight, then use your oil on the visor. Open the visor and you will take
a valve and a note which you read. Now head upstairs and through the west door
into Gloria's and Gertie's bedroom to see Gertie sleeping.
Act II
8:00pm
Leave the room to the east, then pick up the handkerchief. Go back into the room
to the west and look at the window. Return east again, then go downstairs,
north, west (library) and west again to the study. Go outside to the west from
the study to see Wilbur and Clarence talking.
8:15pm
Follow the men east twice, then pull the mirror and look through the holes to
the north to see them talking. Leave the secret room and go through the north
door, then head east to the kitchen.
8:30pm
Open the icebox on the left (you will take a soup bone). Go outside to the east
from the kitchen. Give the bone to the dog, then look in the doghouse (you will
take a necklace). Go back into the kitchen and give the necklace to Celie. Walk
west twice and pull the clock, then look through the holes to the south to spy
on Clarence and Gloria.
8:45pm
Return east, then go south and west into the billiard room. Go outside to the
west and search Gertie's body. Go inside to the east, then continue east,
upstairs and east to see Rudy and Fifi. Leave to the west, then go north and
west into the Colonel's room. Look in the cannon on the fireplace and take the
key. Now head east, south, downstairs, north, go through the north door then
head east to the kitchen. Open the basement door (you must stand at the bottom
right corner of the door) to see where the butler lives. Go back upstairs, then
go inside to the kitchen and west 3 times to see Wilbur in the library.
Act III
9:00pm
Leave the room to the east, then go west again and pick up the poker beneath the
two chairs, then look at the feathers. Read the magazine (the yellow one on the
table). Now go east, south, upstairs, north and pull the left armoire. Look
through the holes to the north to spy on the Colonel.
You now need to search the 4 secret passages and pick up a cane on the floor of
one of them. Once you have it, go up the extra set of stairs on the right of the
front upstairs hallway. Go through the doorway to the east to find Fifi's room
and look at the decanter on the desk. Go back downstairs, then north and pull
the right armoire. Look through the holes to the south.
9:15pm
Return west out of the secret passage, then go west twice to Wilbur's room. Look
at the bag to see it is not here. Now head east twice, south, downstairs and
south to be outside. Go downstairs, east twice and north (to the left of the
screen) to find a shack. Knock on the door, then go back outside again. Knock on
the door to get inside again, and take the carrot from the rectangular table.
Head outside again.
Go west 5 times and enter the chapel. If Wilbur's body is here, search it to
find a monocle. Leave the chapel and go south from the left side of the screen,
then enter the stable. If Wilbur's body is there, search it to find a monocle.
Examine the handkerchief with the monocle, then examine the poker with the
monocle. Give the carrot to Blaze, then open the gate and take the lantern from
the wall.
Go back outside, then head north and east to the bell tower. Climb the ladder
and oil the bell, then climb back down. Stand just right of the ring beneath the
bell, and pull the ring with your cane. Look at the bell and take the crank.
Walk south and open the door of the playhouse.
9:30pm
Leave the playhouse and go east, in through the door, east twice, south,
upstairs, upstairs again and east into Fifi's room.
9:45pm
Go back out of Fifi's room and downstairs, then go north and west to the
Colonel's room. If the elevator is here, enter it (if not, go east, south,
downstairs, north and west, then get in the elevator). Once inside, unlock the
elevator, then press up until you reach the attic. Read the newspapers, then go
south. Search the open trunk, examine boots, examine insignia with the monocle.
Return north and into the elevator. Press down twice, then go east, south and
west.
Act IV
10:00pm
Go east, then return west. Get the record, examine the mud with your monocle,
look at the feathers (hurry up to do this before the cleaner arrives), examine
the record with your monocle. Leave this room, go north and search all 4 of the
secret passages until you find a cigar - pick it up. Go to the back downstairs
hallway and west through the library into the study.
10:15pm
Go outside to the west from the study to see Rudy.
10:30pm
Save your game here. You need to make it to the gazebo without running into
Clarence or Ethel. Head back east inside the house, and go east 5 times to be
outside the kitchen, then continue south and east to the gazebo. Search the
body. Now go west twice to the statue out the front of the house, and you will
see Clarence and Rudy fight.
10:45pm
Go north and back into the house. Continue north and east to the dining room to
see Fifi and Jeeves. Next head west and north twice to find Ethel in the rose
garden.
Act V
11:00pm
Go south then north again. If Ethel's body is here, search it. Go south, west,
south and west. Enter the carriage house; if Ethel's body is there, search it.
Go back outside, then continue south from the left part of the screen. Pick up
the rolling pin and examine it with your monocle. Examine the footprint with
your monocle.
Go up to Fifi's room by heading east 3 times, north 3 times, upstairs twice and
east. Look at Fifi, then go downstairs twice and east to see Clarence in the
parlor.
11:15pm
Look at the cigar, then go west, north and east to see Rudy in the dining room.
11:30pm
Now head west, south, upstairs and north. Pull the left armoire then look
through the holes in the north painting to spy on Lillian and the Colonel.
11:45pm
Leave to the east, then pull the right armoire and you should smell perfume in
the secret passage (if you don't, check out all the other secret passages until
you do). Go downstairs, north and east through the dining room to the kitchen,
then east again to go outside. Open the basement door (the right side) to go
down into the butler's room. Look at the flowers on the bed. Go back upstairs,
then inside to the west. Continue west twice, south, upstairs, north and west to
the Colonel's room.
Act VI
12:00am
Look at the wheelchair, then go east and north and look in the wastebasket.
Examine the bottle with your monocle. Now head south twice, upstairs and east
into Fifi's room. Search the bodies, and look at the decanter, then examine it
with your monocle. Leave the room and go downstairs, then north. Pull the right
armoire and look through the holes in the north painting to spy on Lillian.
12:15am
Look through the holes in the south painting to spy on Clarence.
12:30am
Walk west, south, downstairs and east into the parlor. Examine the glass on the
bar with your monocle. Next go west, north and west twice into the study. Look
in the cabinet (one of the weapons is missing). Go west out of the study to see
Rudy with the dog.
12:45am
Go east near the bottom of the screen, then east 3 more times and north to the
left of the screen. Knock on the door to Celie's shack.
Act VII
1:00am
Head west, inside to the kitchen and west 4 times to the study. Look at the
glass case to see the gun is missing. Next go east twice, south, upstairs and
north and west twice. If Clarence's body is here, search it to find some matches
and look at the dagger. Return east twice and go north to the bathroom. If
Clarence's body is there, search it to find some matches and look at the dagger.
Return south and go east to your room. Open Lillian's suitcase and take the
diary. Examine the diary with your monocle, then read it.
Go west, south, downstairs and south to be outside. Continue east twice and
enter the hedge garden. Walk over to the stone statue and put the valve in the
shaft. Turn the handle, then push the statue. Light your lantern (with the
matches) before going down the steps.
Head west twice, then walk to the bottom left of the screen to find the pile of
bodies. Insert your crank in the plate on the left wall and turn the crank. Go
west through the doorway and west again, then up the stairs into a crypt. Pry
open the vault labelled "Ruby" with your crowbar. Look in the vault and take the
pouch. Return all the way back to the hedge garden, then go west 5 times and
north on the left of the screen. Enter the chapel to see Celie.
1:15am
Leave the chapel, then go south and open the door of the doll house to see
Lillian.
1:30am
Go back outside, then head east and east into the study, then continue east
twice, south, upstairs, north and east to see Rudy.
1:45am
Next go west, south and east, and read the notebook on the desk.
Act VIII
2:00am
Walk west, downstairs and south. Read the note on the front door. Go east twice
and into the hedge garden.
2:15am
Search the body (you will take a skeleton key). Pick up the gun and the bullet.
Leave the hedge maze and return west twice and in through the front door of the
mansion. Go upstairs, north and west into the Colonel's room. Look in the bag on
the carpet, then return east, south and upstairs. Put the bullet in the gun,
then unlock the attic door (with the skeleton key) and open the door. Save your
game. Go through the doorway and shoot either Rudy or Henri for two alternate
endings.
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