After thorough inspection and testing, Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette concluded beyond doubt that the suspicious object dropped by Col. Whisperthorn was, in all manner of discernible fact, a handkerchief.

The trail had come to a fork.

The knowledge of what awaited her on the second floor gave Clever Jeanette pause.

Ghost Code Section MMMDXCII, Paragraph 31, Item 7 did indeed state, On Thursday afternoons between the hours of 2:53 pm and 4:27 pm on the eve of a Vernal Equinox, Ghosts may remain ensconced in garden without retribution.

Dark Charity's new listening device worked a bit too well.

Extra! Extra! Rare golden egg missing! Police baffled!

Even after being presented with photographic evidence, there were those who remained skeptical towards Clever Jeanette's account of her encounter with the Kraken.

The ghost soon appeared just as Dark Charity predicted, for she knew no lingering spirit could long resist a rousing rendition of In the Sweet By and By.

Both Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette realized at once it was exactly the sort of place the nefarious Dr. Whittlestone would build his lair.

Clever Jeanette and Dark Charity raised a toast to another successful banishment as Bottom Half Billy returned to the sea.

No one was more intimately acquainted with the vile and dastardly hooligans of the underworld than Sheets McGee.

Ghosts? No, no, no...no ghosts here. Try the Barringon-Smythes in Number 12.

Clever Jeanette's thrill at infiltrating the Pirate crew was sorely diminished upon her assignment to Galley duty.

No one suspected that Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette were not actually members of The Spotted Hound Gentlemen's Club

A little something while you wait

Hopefully it won't be long now before our adventures are in full swing.

In the meantime, here are some excellent portraits of Dark Charity and Clever Jeanette, drawn by JR Fleming of The Airship Isabella.