Front of the Hotel Farfalla Score: 0 Moves: 1
You'd been soundly sleeping, comfortably, soundly sleeping, when Dr. Todd called. He's your thesis adviser, and as such, he holds unconscionable power over you, which he uses for, well, whatever he likes, really. "Hagerston," he'd said. (You do have a first name, but no, nobody ever uses it.) "You do think it's important we apply our brains in a logical way, and not yield to mumbo-jumbo and mystification?" You acknowledged this was true. With Dr. Todd, a bad idea. The result was you agreed to meet him in front of the Hotel Farfalla at 3 AM. There was some reason, perfectly logical according to Dr. Todd, for this request, but you can't for the life of you now remember what it was.
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A Todd and Hagerston Mystery
Copyright (c) 2004 by Reese Warner.
Release 3 / Serial number 041204 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
The Farfalla is one of the grand old San Francisco hotels. Not the sort of place you'd go on your own. But then you're not here because you wanted to be. It's eight stories of still pretty much gleaming white marble, and no doubt a room costs as much a night as your apartment does for the month. It was founded in 1898 by Luigi Fornoni and this is the second building to bear the name. The first was destroyed in 1906 and Signor Fornoni rebuilt in an even grander style. You'd got that far on the brass plaque when Dr. Todd showed up. It was more than you really wanted to know.
"Well, Hagerston, I'm glad to see you're here in order to accomplish our mission."
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