Henri Dijon of The Colonel's Bequest: Laura Bow I, appears in Hoyle 1. He mentions that the year is 1925 at least twice to various characters. Setting the date as being the same year as the events of Laura Bow 1.
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He mentions Fifi, Jeeves, and Celie (with the former two still apparently alive). Yet he also mentions that there being 'unfortunate' things that happened the last time his family visited (this is likely a reference to the murders in Colone's Bequest). This could suggest although Fifi and Jeeves were poisoned, thought dead, and later disposed off down the laundry chute, along with the other bodies. That somehow they actually survived.
Of course alternatively it could be Henri Dijon before the events of Colonel's Bequest, and that he is referring to another series of 'unfortunate' events that occured at his mansion. But this seems less likely (and there is no evidence of the family getting together or having problems together in the original game, although each family member had individual problems of their own, and 'motives').
However, some of his other lines do seem to suggest that his bothersome in-laws are still alive. Is dreading the next 'reunion'. He doesn't make any reference to having met Laura Bow yet, so it could very well be set Chronologically just before Laura Bow I.
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0 Money? My favorite subject. I have quite a modest fortune, you know.
1 I enjoy my money a great deal, but my relatives are always so obsessed with it. Almost dangerously obsessed, you might say.
2 My relatives must be jealous of me...so wealthy, handsome, and personable. Not that I'd blame them, really.
3 I do share my wealth with my relatives. Last week I bought my cousin a toaster.
4 Money is useful in so many ways. Like paying my Fifi's salary. I couldn't live without my French maid, you know.
20 I hate this. Fifi, where are you? Fetch my coat, I want to go home!
21 Why am I wasting my time here?
22 Jeeves? Jeeves, bring me my dinner!
23 This is unspeakably boring. You're obviously incapable of carrying on an interesting conversation, %s.
24 I don't know why I'm sitting here, listening to all of this tripe.
25 I hate this. Fifi, where are you? Fetch my coat, I want to go home!
26 Can't you bother someone else, %s? I didn't come here to listen to all of this foolishness.
27 Jeeves? Jeeves, bring me my dinner!
28 This is unspeakably boring. You're obviously incapable of carrying on an interesting conversation.
29 I don't know why I'm sitting here, listening to all of this tripe.
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0 Kid 1 Kid 2 Kid 3 I think you look a little familiar, Kid. Have you ever played cards in the Vieux Carres district of New Orleans? 4 Aren't you the same card shark who was thrown out of the Vieux Carres several years ago for cheating at cards?
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0 Bearded Wonder 1 Jerry 2 Jerry 3 Travelling in space? You've been reading too many Jules Verne novels, young man. 4 Some people just can't tell the difference between an H.G. Wells novel and reality. This is 1925, young man, not 2025!
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0 Warren 1 Mr. Schwader 2 Warren 3 I wouldn't mind learning more about these computers of yours, Mr. Schwader. Perhaps I could hire you at twice your current salary? 4 You ought to give me the ability to win all of these games, Mr. Schwader. If you did that, I might even include you in my will.
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0 Lawrence 1 Larry 2 Lawrence 3 Don't try to teach me about women, you young whippersnapper! Believe me, I know more about the subject than you can possibly imagine! 4 Ah, women! One of my favorite topics. I was quite a blade in my younger days, you know!
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0 Silverman 1 Silverman 2 Silverman 3 My grandfather was a crusty old curmudgeon, not a kindly old Southern gentleman like myself. 4 I learned a lot from my grandfather, and none of it was very useful.
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0 I hate this. Fifi, where are you? I want to go home! 1 Jeeves! Fetch my coat, I want to leave! 2 This is unspeakably boring. 3 Get back here, you young whippersnapper! You can't walk away from me like this! 4 Finish the game, you young fool!
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0 Sonny 1 Bonds 2 Mister Policeman 3 I've never liked policemen. They're always so pushy. No respect for a proper gentleman. 4 I'll have to remember to stay away from this Lytton town of yours.
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0 Thelma 1 Thelma 2 Cookie 3 I remember when math was math! There wasn't all of this ridiculous trigometeor stuff. 4 Young woman, you should donate your brain to science! And the sooner, the better!
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0 Rosella 1 girl 2 girl 3 Girl, don't you know that this is 1925, not the Middle Ages? 4 I'm surrounded by lunatics! Fifi, I want to go home!
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0 Roger 1 Roger 2 Roger 3 Hmmmph. I think I'm trapped, too. With a lunatic. 4 I always wanted to spend a quiet evening playing cards in the company of a lunatic.
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0 Bulldog 1 Bulldog 2 dog 3 I hate dogs. 4 I despise dogs, especially ones that talk too much.
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0 Lenny 1 Lenny 2 Lenny 3 Book learning just fills your head with foolish nonsense, young man. Makes you think you're better than you really are. 4 Book learning isn't going to get you anywhere, young man. You'd be better off learning something practical and useful, like my cook, Celie.
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0 Shelly 1 young woman 2 Shelly 3 I'm hungry! I know you have some food somewhere! Celie! Where's lunch? 4 Is this all you can talk about, young woman? This conversation is making me hungry.
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0 Graham 1 Graham 2 King Graham 3 Another lunatic, talking about dragons and castles. You've been reading too many fairy tales, I think. 4 I'm absolutely surrounded by lunatics. And this one thinks that he's King Arthur. Jeeves, Fifi! Where are you? I want to go home!
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0 Diane 1 Diane 2 Diane 3 I haven't seen any of those moving pictures yet, young lady. But I'm sure they're a waste of time. 4 Maybe you can take me to see some of these moving pictures of yours, young lady.
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0 Devin 1 Devin 2 boy 3 I hate sports. 4 Sports are boring.
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0 Cassie 1 Cassie 2 girl 3 I don't read. It rots the brain. 4 Book learning just fills your head with foolish nonsense, child. You'd be better off learning something practical, like housekeeping.
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0 Christina 1 Christy 2 girl 3 I hate mountains. 4 I'm allergic to pine trees.
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3 I am the Colonel, Colonel Henri Dijon. Usually I live alone on my estates with my faithful servants, especially since so many...unfortunate...things happened the last time my relatives visited. Of course, I am a superb card player, in addition to my many other skills. If you play against me, you should expect to lose!
4 You can't choose me. You know that would be too many players.
5 We'll need more players for this game, I think.
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0 I always enjoy defeating someone like you in a game of cards. 1 I suppose I will play Crazy Eights this time. 2 This should be an easy victory for me, of course. 3 I shall pass. 4 Pass! 5 I pass. I can't do anything else right now, really. 6 Spades. 7 I choose Spades and you'd better not change it! 8 I will choose Spades. 9 Clubs. 10 It'll be Clubs. 11 I shall pick Clubs this time. 12 Diamonds. 13 I choose Diamonds. 14 Diamonds it is. 15 Hearts. 16 Hearts! And don't try to change it, you young whippersnapper! 17 I shall choose Hearts! 18 I win this hand. Let's see, how many hands have I won so far? 19 I won this hand! Not that it matters, really, when I'm playing against someone like you. 20 I win the hand! Please try to play better next hand, or this game will be exceptionally boring. 21 You won the hand? Inconceivable! 22 Confound it, you won the hand! 23 I suppose you win this hand. Young whippersnapper! 24 This game is a tie. Very well, we'll play one more hand for a tiebreaker. 25 Tie game. Let's play one more hand. 26 We can't let this game end in a tie. We'll have to play one more hand. 27 You must choose a suit. 28 Choose a suit now. And don't take all day about it, either! 29 Haven't you picked a suit yet? 30 You know you have to choose a card first! 31 You must choose a card first. Don't you know the rules? 32 Choose a card first, you young whippersnapper! 33 That's an invalid play in this game. Young fool. 34 Don't you know you can't do that in this game? 35 Try doing something that isn't an invalid play. 36 I won! Fifi, bring me my slippers! 37 I won! Winning a card game is not quite as exhilarating as outwitting my relatives, but still.... 38 I won! Jeeves, where are you? Bring me my newspaper! 39 You won? Ridiculous! 40 You won? Maybe you're not quite the young fool I thought you were! 41 Congratulations! You see, I'm not the old grouch you thought I was...sometimes.
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0 You want me to play Old Maid? Hmmph! Why don't you pick on someone your own age? 1 Old Maid? I suppose I could play, if you really want me to. 2 I'll play against you, if you want. Of course, I'll win.... 3 I shall pass. I can't play a card, after all! 4 I will pass. 5 I pass. 6 I am most definitely NOT an Old Maid! 7 Me, an Old Maid? Impossible! 8 I may be Old, but I am NOT a Maid! 9 Hah! You're the Old Maid now! 10 You're the Old Maid, you young whippersnapper! 11 Of course I'm not the Old Maid this time!
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0 I usually don't play Hearts, but at least it's a break from my bothersome in-laws. 1 I'll play Hearts against you, if you want. I know I won't have any trouble with that other player, but I don't know what to think of you. 2 Of course, I shall play Hearts. I haven't thoroughly trounced anyone in a card game in some time! 3 For someone without heart, I can beat anyone at Hearts. 4 Can't anyone else ever win at Hearts? This is unbelievably boring, you know. 5 I won, of course! Need I say more? 6 Perhaps you would like to prove your lack of card playing skill by playing again? 7 You won? How did you manage to do that? 8 If that other player had played better, I wouldn't have lost to you! 9 This game is a tie. Shall we break the tie? 10 Tie. I suppose we have to play a tie-breaker. 11 This is a tie. Let's play one more hand. 12 You'll have to lead the two of Clubs. 13 You must lead with the two of Clubs. Come on, hurry up! 14 Lead with the two of Clubs before I fall asleep. 15 You can't play that card, young fool. Hearts haven't been broken yet. 16 Try waiting until Hearts have been broken. 17 You can't play that card yet, Hearts haven't been broken. 18 Follow in suit, you young whippersnapper. 19 Try following in suit. 20 You have to follow in suit. 21 Try choosing a card first. 22 You might have better luck if you chose a card first. 23 Choose a card first. Do I have to show you how to play this game? 24 You should choose three cards now. 25 Choose three cards immediately. I want to play! 26 Try choosing three cards, so we can start this game! 27 You can only pass three cards, young fool! 28 Try passing only three cards! 29 The rules say to pass only three cards!
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0 Gin Rummy? Not one of my favorite games, but I'll play. 1 I suppose I could play against you. This should be an easy victory. 2 This is definitely more entertaining than an evening with my in-laws. 3 I shall pass. It's your move. 4 I'll pass. This card is thoroughly useless. 5 I pass. I don't think I will need this card. 6 Very well. Discard, and show me. 7 Do you really think you're going to win against me? Discard, and then we'll see. 8 Discard and show me. 9 You can't knock now, you young whippersnapper! 10 You can't knock now! Take a card first. 11 You should take a card before knocking. Don't you know the rules? 12 You already took a card! 13 Don't you remember, you already took a card! 14 You took a card already. Young fool. 15 Put down a card first before doing that. 16 You should put down a card first and then try that. 17 What are you trying to do? Put down your card first. 18 You can't take that card! You already passed on it! 19 You know you already passed on that card! 20 You can't take a card that you've already passed on! 21 I suppose I'll accept that knock. 22 I'll accept that knock this time. 23 Ha! I would be a fool not to accept that knock. 24 I refuse to accept that knock. 25 I will not accept that knock. 26 That knock is absolutely unacceptable. 27 You won. Of course, I never claimed that this was my best game! 28 You won. I don't believe it, but you won. 29 Congratulations, young fool! 30 Hah! That was easy! Next! 31 I never had a doubt that I would win, of course! 32 Winning is easy when I'm playing cards with someone like you. 33 The game is tied. I suppose we will have to play a tie breaker. 34 Tie game. Let's play one hand as a tie breaker. 35 We'll need to play a tie breaker, even though I don't particularly want to.
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0 I don't like Cribbage very much. Then again, I don't like many of these games. 1 I'll play against you, if I must. 2 I suppose I'll play Cribbage with you. 3 You can only pass two cards! 4 Try passing only two cards. 5 You can pass only two cards, but I wish I only had to pass one. 6 You'll have to choose two cards first. 7 You need to choose two cards first. 8 Try choosing two cards first. 9 That's an invalid play in this game. Young fool. 10 You can't do that in this game. 11 Try doing something that isn't so against the rules. 12 Try choosing a card first. 13 You might have better luck if you choose a card first. 14 Choose a card first. Don't you know how to play this game? 15 Well, that was too easy. Let's get on with the next game so that I can win again. 16 Another win by Yours Truly. 17 That was too easy. Try to make the next game a little more challenging, will you? 18 One game isn't very important. It's the Match that counts. 19 Perhaps I need to pay closer attention. 20 I suppose even someone like you can win a game occasionally. 21 I win this Match, of course! 22 I won this Match! But you did your best, really. 23 I win the Match! 24 You won the Match? Inconceivable! We'll have to play again! 25 You won the Match? I find that difficult to believe. Maybe you miscounted the points.... 26 You won the Match, but I'll trounce you next time, young whippersnapper. 27 Do you want to play again? 28 I'll play another Match with you, if you want. 29 Do you want to play another Match?