Inspector Ambrose

Inspector Ambrose is a detective. He wears a trench coat, a police badge, and a battered deerstalker. He always carries a high-quality notepad with gilt edges and the word "CLUES" on its front in an attractive calligraphic type. He enjoys mystery novels and the works of Charles Dickens. He has very keen hearing.

## Tally Ho

### Chapter 2

The Servant can meet Inspector Ambrose in front of the home of the Honorable Mr. D\_\_\_ G\_\_\_. After a little questioning, Inspector Ambrose reveals that he is on the trail of the notorious sneak thief known in local papers as "Light-Fingered Lou."

### Chapter 3

The Servant can meet Inspector Ambrose at Ritornello in Woodland Centre. If the Servant has used pigment to change "Fless" into "Bless" on the sampler, Inspector Ambrose may notice. If the Servant has stolen the hairstick from Colonel Firesnuff, he will report this theft to Inspector Ambrose.

### Chapter 4

The Servant can snoop in Inspector Ambrose's room. Because he was a late addition to the party, he is in the Pine Room (the smallest of the rooms and a former storage closet). His personal affects include a black clay pipe, a copy of *The Moonstone* by Wilkie Collins, and a notebook containing a dossier on Regina Wilhelmina. The room is dominated by a white poster covered in drawings, pieces of paper, and newspaper clippings connected by six different colors of yarn. At the center of the chart is an outline of a face with a question mark in the center of it labeled "Light-Fingered Lou, Master Thief."

If the Servant speaks to Valentine Hartlock long enough, Inspector Ambrose opens his window and addresses them. If the Servant hides when Primrose Patterson arrives at the party, Inspector Ambrose may spot them behind the rain barrel. After Regina and the Servant discuss clues, Inspector Ambrose opens his window and asks the Servant to explain the conversation he just overheard.

### Chapter 5

When Figaro "Figs" Fairfield arrives disguised as Professor Clarence Q. Hickory, Inspector Ambrose comments on his disguise. If Figs makes it through the dinner, the inspector questions him afterward. He also finds the time to observe the Servant's after-dinner activities. Many paths in the banana-walnut pie scene may arouse his suspicions.

### Chapter 6

Inspector Ambrose forbids anyone from so much as setting foot outside the house tonight for fear of Light-Fingered Lou. When the Servant returns from their nighttime activities, Inspector Ambrose opens his window and asks who is making all the noise.

### Chapter 7

The police come to Ritornello, and Inspector Ambrose makes a public accusation in the parlor after he finishes reading *The Moonstone*. Once the inspector has explained his reasoning, the Servant may point out logical flaws, destroy the "CLUES" notebook and the evidence envelope, or falsely confess. Inspector Ambrose may then arrest the suspect.

If his true suspect is Haze Vermillion, Inspector Ambrose tells the Servant that he has arrested them as a ruse in order to lay a trap for the real Light-Fingered Lou. The two then go to a press conference, where the Servant may goad or warn Haze.

### Chapter 8

Inspector Ambrose is the master of ceremonies at the 800th Annual Woodland Centre Boat Race. He shows off the grand prize and the medallion. If the inspector has laid a trap for Haze and and Haze steals the Pennywhistles' motorboat, he springs his trap and may capture them. If the Servant talks Haze out of stealing the Pennywhistles' motorboat, the inspector declares that to him, Haze will always be The Man or The Woman.

## Cakes and Ale

### Chapter 1

If the Jolly Good Person evades their creditors by ducking out the back window, they encounter Inspector Ambrose. He implies that they are a criminal and says that he is there on the trail of the saboteur and anarchist known as "Guy Fox."

If the Jolly Good Person leaves *Ducks and Drakes* by jumping across rooftops, they spot Inspector Ambrose looking for clues. If the inspector spots them, he finds their behavior suspicious.

### Chapter 5

Inspector Ambrose arrives at the Noble Gases Club before the Jolly Good Person leaves for the evening. His professed intention is to ask President Ernie "a few seemingly innocuous questions" about members of the club.

(You must choose the "theft" scandal to encounter the inspector again in this chapter.)

After teaching Valentine Hartlock how to play a thief, the Jolly Good Person is accosted by Inspector Ambrose, who is leaning out of a second-floor window across the street. He may reveal that Dithers and Cokey, the two purported police officers assisting Valentine, are in fact well-known book thieves specializing in first editions of Charles Dickens and have them arrested. In this event, Cokey reveals that he and Dithers are employed by Public Enemy Number One.

### Chapter 6

At the newspaper office, the Jolly Good Person may meet Night Watchman Hendrick Flea, whom Inspector Ambrose is mentoring. The inspector appears at the opera just after the thief escapes or is subdued.

### Chapter 8

In the final scene of *Cakes and Ale*, Inspector Ambrose surveys his network of clues and reveals his primary suspect.