"Thank you for keeping an eye on my brother," Alys told the servant at Finny's prompting.  "I'm glad to hear he and Walter are being looked after."  Even if Finnegan had ignored the news, she would not -- and it never hurt to be courteous to one's staff.  She herself lived with minimal staff, just a single housekeeper, but the Greys had taught her to respect the help and always treat them well.  "Let's see...I think a map of the city, if you please Franklin, one that Finnegan won't mind me marking up, and that should be all."

It didn't take long for the man to return, and by then Alys had moved the various trinkets from the coffee table to an end table, giving herself and Finnegan space to work.  "Thank you, Franklin," she said, taking charge of the requested items.  The map she laid out on the table, and she gave Finny the book with the news clippings, keeping the almanac for herself, as well as a small notebook of her own.  "If you'll read through the dates and locations in order, Finny, I'll write down the moon phases, and we can mark the locations on the map to see if a pattern emerges."

Together the pair went over times and places, until all were neatly jotted down.  Alys looked over her notes and frowned slightly, then held out her little notebook so Finnegan could read it.  "I think you were onto something, Finny, with the phases of the moon being relevant," she said.  "Just look at this."