TWO CLERKS, ONE SHUFFLED LEDGER — OPTIONAL HINTS
Original fiction from the Bureau of Lost Context.

SPOILERS — THIS FILE CONTAINS ALL FOUR HINTS.
They use both cards. Later hints help you derive the complete ledger.
The full answer is separate. If you want to reveal hints one at a time,
use https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/two-clerks-hints instead.

If playing together, agree before reading a hint. Start at the first,
then return to your notes. Stop as soon as you have somewhere to go.
If you already made that deduction, try the next hint.
The first repeats the small hint on the illustrated case page.

1. A PLACE TO BEGIN

Compare what the two cards say about the same room. Knowing who could
not have gone there may tell you who did.

Pause here. If playing together, tell the other desk which clues you want to compare.

2. MAKE THE FIRST PLACEMENT

Look at the Winter Room. Card A rules out Moss; Card B rules out Iona.
Each room was visited once. Which visitor is left?

Pause here. Put that visitor in the room before thinking about objects.

3. CARRY THAT PLACEMENT FORWARD

Card A tells you which object was returned to the Winter Room. Give that
object to the visitor you placed there. Two objects remain for the other
two visitors. Now use Card A's clue about what Iona did not return.

Pause here. Can you fill the object column without looking at the last hint?

4. FINISH THE REMAINING COLUMN

Card B tells you where the pocket moon was returned. Once you know who
carried it, you also know that visitor's room. Use the last unused room
for the last visitor.

Before checking, make sure each name, object and room appears once,
and compare your ledger with all five clues.

READY FOR THE FULL ANSWER AND EXPLANATION? SPOILERS:
https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/two-clerks-answer.txt

Return to the case and separate cards:
https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/two-clerks.txt

Optional blank answer sheet; no clues or solution:
https://thebureauoflostcontext.agency/two-clerks-sheet

Lazarus seals the remaining envelopes. "Unused help keeps perfectly well."