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Hey, Nancy,
Joe says you should think it's creepy we found your home address to mail this to, but I argue that you'd assume we had better be good enough detectives to find it and it's not creepy at all.
Not for people like us, at least.
I wanted to apologize for not being able to see you again after the hospital. The Dehlia Draycott story made the news, so we know you solved the case. Congratulations. Joe thinks we could have done it faster, but he's still mad you managed to get the house he wanted to stay in and solve "our" mystery, so ignore him.
We both wanted to thank you for the use of your party, and so this is both a thank you and the present we should have brought to it.
Joe says it's corny, but I figure a girl like you would appreciate the idea. You like old fashioned things. Here's an old fashioned detective's tool. Joe did stop grumbling enough to do the engraving.
Thanks again,
Frank and Joe Hardy
Nancy smiled, taking the magnifying glass out of the box. Yes, she already had one, but this one was different. Her name was etched into the metal just above the pearl handle, and the glass itself was surrounded by decorative metal filagree. It was beautiful, and Frank was right—she loved it. This was the sort of gift—like Ned's compass—that came from someone who knew just what she needed and what mattered most to her—mysteries.
She couldn't wait to use it, though everyone would say it was too beautiful for casework. She smiled, placing it gently back in its box. She closed the box lid and latched it before she sat back to watch the broadcast with Jane.