What is found in the well the nine tailors?
An odd document found in the bell chamber proves to be a cipher, written on the same paper as the letter from France but in a different hand. Wimsey decodes it (which requires knowledge of change ringing) and it leads him to the emeralds, still untouched in their hiding place.
What are the names of the bells in the nine tailors?
The tailors of the title don’t make garments. They are the bells of the fictional Fenchurch St. Paul, “tellers” of time and death for this lonely hamlet situated in the watery coastal lowlands northeast of London. Their names and inscriptions read like tombstones.
What was stolen from Lady Wilbraham in the nine tailors?
Sir Henry Thorpe, a crippled war veteran and local squire. It was at his 1914 wedding that the Wilbraham emeralds were stolen by Deacon. His death the Easter after his wife’s death helped set up the cause of the investigation. Lady Thorpe, Sir Henry’s wife, who died on New Year’s Day.
What does Lord Peter find as he drives away from Fenchurch St Paul?
After a disfigured corpse is discovered in the graveyard of Fenchurch St. Paul, Lord Peter Wimsey follows various clues to find the identity of the stranger and how he died, and unravel his link to a jewel theft that took place in the village.
What is the feat that the Rector is attempting to accomplish on New Year’s Day?
Lord Peter ultimately agrees to substitute for an indisposed bell-ringer when the rector attempts to set a record of more than 18,000 rings in nine hours as a New Year’s Eve celebration. The bells are an integral part of the mystery. [Suggest a different description.]
How many Wimsey books are there?
11 Wimsey novels
Dorothy Sayers wrote 11 Wimsey novels and a number of short stories featuring Wimsey and his family.
How does Gaudy Night end?
At the end of the book, with Wimsey admitting his own faults in his attempts at courtship and having come to terms with her own feelings, Harriet finally accepts Wimsey’s proposal of marriage.