

Hoo is angry about the lack of business for his Chinese restaurant, and even angrier that Westing seems to be back. She sees the smoke from the Westing house and tells the podiatrist that Westing is roasting in Hell. Their father Doctor Jake Wexler is cutting a corn from the toe of Ms. Turtle stalks off while her mother dotes on Angela, her favorite. He sees smoke coming from the mansions chimney, and wonders if it has to do with the person he saw limping into the house while he was birdwatching.Ĭhris later tries to tell his brother about it, but he is afflicted with a disorder that keeps him confined to a wheelchair, prone to seizures and a stammer that is difficult to understand. Meanwhile, Chris Theodorakis, Theos younger brother, spies on the group from the apartment.


Turtle immediately makes another Halloween bet two dollars for every minute she stays in the Westing house. One ran right off the cliff into the lake the other ended up in the state asylum. Theo Theodorakis, Doug Hoo and Turtle Wexler listen as the two men tell them how a pair of kids went into the Westing house on Halloween for a bet. Delivery boy Otis Amber and doorman Sandy McSouthers scare the kids with a story about the Westing mansion across the road.
