A different kind of case
Someone in the Gallery Dark
gave an account of the night at Ashcombe Manor. Five parts to it. One of them is the true sequence — the rest is dressing. Interrogate the statement. You have eight attempts.
A suspect gave a five-part account of the night. One sequence is true — the rest is padding.
Every part offers the same short list of possibilities. Fill all five, then log your version. Each log gives two counts: how many parts sit in the right place, and how many are true but filed under the wrong part. You're never told which is which.
Eight attempts. Land all five in the right place and his alibi breaks.
The statement
8 attempts left
Fill every part of the statement before logging it.
You will be told how many parts check out, and how many belong in their story but not in that part of it — not which ones.