Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 1." "What time does the first period end, Miss Carpenter?"
"At 9:35,"
Every head turned toward the clock on the wall.
"And it's only 8:56," Ellery saidcheerfully. "That gives us thirty-nine minutes-more than enough time. Unless the boy
to suggest the
money will not be
found
to indicate that a
student will confess
to offer criticism of
the students'
behavior
to encOurage
readers' confidence
in Ellery