Squire's study

After dinner Brennan says Constance walks away with Squire Badger to a private study in the entrance wing MM E2·01:59:13. In the same moment Mr. Harding hands Buckster a letter MM E2·01:59:13.

The Study is the room where Squire Badger's body is found, with one door in and out of it, as Sylvester Cross points out when he gathers the guests there MM E3·00:24:10 MM E3·01:09:56. Colonel Hawkins pulls a new light sconce, which swings a bookcase open into the hallway and reveals a secret door; in MM_04 broken glass lies at its threshold MM E3·01:22:02 MM E4·00:53:17. In MM_05 Daisy finds the bolted desk is "for show", with none of the squire's real business in it, and a secret compartment at the back holds a live wire that shocks her paw MM E5·00:27:08 MM E5·00:28:04.

At the end Lucretia says "The body in the study was a decoy", and Lars first answers "She's exactly right" MM E10·00:42:38 MM E10·00:42:51. Later Lars tells Constance and Corbin that Squire Badger is dead, that the body found in the house is his actual body and not a decoy, and that the decoy was found unused MM E10·00:52:18. Brennan says the flash that set off Mrs. Molesly's fit in the study was that of a camera MM E10·01:36:31. Brennan also says Hawkins put a medal of valor in the drawer of the study after the shrapnel was discovered MM E10·02:33:51.