In the third ending, how did Col. Mustard find the secret passage to kill the motorist?
He “discovers” the secret passage after the murder (and in fact it’s entrance is in a room he has never visited by that point), and unlike Wadsworth, Scarlet and Peacock he knows no one familiar enough with the house who could have informed him of the passage’s existence. • This also applies to Mrs. Peacock in the second and third endings—how did she know of the passage from the study so she could kill the cook? It is stated that Yvette knew the house and all the passages in it to inform Miss Scarlet (and she in turn learned it from Wadsworth/Mr. Boddy, no matter which ending), so she could have told Colonel Mustard, considering their…close history. But Mrs. Peacock had no connection to the maid… • It’s revealed in the second and third endings that the cook used to work for Mrs. Peacock, so it’s possible that the cook told Mrs. Peacock about the kitchen/study passage. • You’re not the only one to find plotholes with regards to the multiple endings: • Actually, the third, supposedly
