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by **Earnest** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:00 pm

Just a sign was able to exonerate him...

by **Balin** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:50 am

Sign: street sign? Sign on a building? Of a business? Roadside sign? Billboard?
Is the sign a physical sign? A sign in sign language? Another hand signal or non-verbal signal? A sign of the zodiac?
Exonerate: of a crime? Which he had been convicted of? Was charged with?
Him = H/A/M?

by **Earnest** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:40 am

Sign: street sign? Sign on a building? Of a business? Roadside sign? Billboard?no to these
Is the sign a physical sign? A sign in sign language? yes to bothAnother hand signal or non-verbal signal? A sign of the zodiac? no to these
Exonerate: of a crime? Which he had been convicted of? Was charged with?no to these
Him = H/A/M?yes

by **Balin** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:45 pm

Did the man make the sign? See the sign?
Did someone else make the sign? See the sign?
Was the sign given in secret? Obviously?

by **Earnest** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 5:39 pm

Did the man make the sign? noSee the sign?yes
Did someone else make the sign?yes See the sign?probably but irr. assuming you are referring to the one who made the sign. I
Was the sign given in secret? Obviously?no to these

hint...investigate what the sign is...

by **GalFisk** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:09 am

Is it a hand sign? Thumbs up? Is he accused of something? Guilty of something? Is he playing a game?

by **Earnest** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:33 am

Is it a hand sign? Thumbs up?No to these but nice guess... Is he accused of something? Guilty of something?He could have been suspected of something Is he playing a game?No

by **Balin** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:55 pm

Is the sign some form of body language? A nod or shake of the head?

by **Earnest** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:15 pm

Is the sign some form of body language? A nod or shake of the head?no to these...much simpler! I gave you a big hint...just find it

by **Balin** » Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:59 pm

Is he just pointing a finger?

by **GalFisk** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:47 am

Is the sign a facial expression? A look? A shrug?

by **Earnest** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:45 am

Balin
Is he just pointing a finger? No, sorry

GalFisk
Is the sign a facial expression? A look? A shrug? No to these

well the word "sign" is voluntarily ambiguous...it has many meanings...remember...he did not make the sign himself...so...

by **Balin** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:28 pm

Was the sign an involuntary action? A wink or blink?

by **Earnest** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:04 am

Was the sign an involuntary action? A wink or blink? No, sorry...is the simplest sign you can think of...in general it is done with hands with an item...in this case it is not, because...

by **GalFisk** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:55 am

Did the signer intend to use the item? Was the item not available? Broken somehow? Does the sign show: an emotion? An instruction? A confirmation? An answer to a question?

by **Earnest** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:52 am

Did the signer intend to use the item?FA...the man didn't use the item, because... Was the item not available?I would say a yesish/yope Broken somehow?not this Does the sign show: an emotion? An instruction? A confirmation? An answer to a question?None of these...

by **GalFisk** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:00 am

Was the item stuck? Too small? Is the item a stick? A flag? Is the sign a direction?

by **Earnest** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:33 am

Was the item stuck? Too small? Is the item a stick? A flag? Is the sign a direction?

Ok maybe I've confused you a bit...so...let's say the sign is a writing otherwise the puzzle would be too long...writings are often done with pens but there is no need for a man to use a pen because the writing was printed...so you need to figure out why the writing exonerated the man and in which sense...

by **Balin** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:06 pm

Did the writing give an instruction? Command? Name? Was it a single word? More than one? A phrase? More than one? A sentence? More than one?

by **Earnest** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:00 am

Did the writing give an instruction? Command? Name?this Was it a single word? More than one?this A phrase? More than one? A sentence? More than one?no to the rest

by **Balin** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 1:17 am

Was it a full name? The name of the victim? The accused? The actual killer?

by **Earnest** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:31 pm

Was it a full name?half of the name yes The name of the victim? The accused? The actual killer?no to these and FA...keep exploring

by **Balin** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:34 am

Is the location of the sign relevant? Was it on the ground? On a wall? By a road?

by **Earnest** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:25 pm

Is the location of the sign relevant? very relevantWas it on the ground? On a wall? By a road?no to these

by **Balin** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:47 pm

The writing was printed - was it on a piece of paper? In a book? In a photograph?

by **Earnest** » Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:00 pm

The writing was printed - was it on a piece of paper? yes...exploreIn a book?the writing per se no but a book is VERY RELEVANT...explore In a photograph?no

by **Balin** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:10 pm

Was a book relevant in the crime?

by **Earnest** » Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:18 am

Was a book relevant in the crime?Very Relevabt...but FA...it was not a crime

by **Balin** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:45 pm

The man was accused, correct? But not of a crime? Perhaps of an impropriety? Of heresy/blasphemy? Of negligence?

by **Earnest** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:07 pm

The man was accused, correct? But not of a crime? Perhaps of an impropriety? THISOf heresy/blasphemy? Of negligence?

by **Balin** » Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:09 pm

Was he accused of something sexual in nature?
Was his profession relevant? Was he supposed to be monogamous? Celibate?

by **Earnest** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:16 am

Was he accused of something sexual in nature?yes
Was his profession relevant? Was he supposed to be monogamous? thisish but explore deeper to avoid confusionCelibate?no to the rest

by **Balin** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:01 pm

Was he in a relationship? Married? Is homosexuality relevant?

by **Earnest** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:48 pm

Was he in a relationship?this Married? Is homosexuality relevant?no to rest

by **Balin** » Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:50 pm

Was he accused by his girlfriend (fiancee?)?
Was he accused of infidelity?

by **Earnest** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:42 pm

Was he accused by his girlfriend (fiancee?)?YES
Was he accused of infidelity?not properly but very much OTRT...explore

by **Hobbsicle** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:57 pm

So a girlfriend thinks the boyfriend is cheating? Or something slightly less than cheating, but in that general direction? Kissed? Flirted with? Dated? And she is in fact mistaken in her suspicion? Does she have evidence of some kind? That she is misinterpreting?

The writing: not done by the boyfriend, correct? Was it done by her? By someone else? Was the name written his name? Hers? Someone else’s? Was the writing intended to show ownership? Authorship? Intended recipient? Direct address?

by **Earnest** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:17 pm

So a girlfriend thinks the boyfriend is cheating? Or something slightly less than cheating, but in that general direction? Kissed? Flirted with? Dated? And she is in fact mistaken in her suspicion? Does she have evidence of some kind? That she is misinterpreting?

The writing: not done by the boyfriend, correct? correctWas it done by her? By someone else? Was the name written his name? Hers? Someone else’s? Was the writing intended to show ownership? Authorship? Intended recipient? Direct address?THIS if I've well understood

So time for a SPOILER:
I was reading a book at home when my girlfriend call me in the other room. I kept the book with me while going and see what she wanted. I wasn't aware however of the fact that the bookmark I was using had the picture of a nude woman on the above part, the one outside of the book. My girlfriend was very upset to me in seeing it and asked me explanations. Well...in panic I just opened the book at the page indicated by the bookmark and the writing "Feltrinelli's Library" saved me. Indeed the picture was realized by a notorious photographer advertised by Feltrinelli in that period.

[Earnest] writing

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