Invisiclues

I haven't been to a ball in so long! How can I get in?

1. Since the veranda doors are locked, you'll have to enter past the butler in the foyer.
2. Of course, if you don't look like a guest, the butler won't even let you in the house. You'll have to dress properly.
3. Enter the foyer wearing a ball gown.
4. You'll also need an invitation to give to the butler.

I don't have an invitation to the ball!

1. If you haven't found an invitation, you obviously did not examine the coffer thoroughly before losing it to the sea. (Don't worry. It isn't necessary to win the game.)
2. If you found the invitation, but left it aboard the Helena Louise, you could climb into the skiff and row out to the ship, get the invitation and then row back. This would work, but...
3. The butler will take other compensation for your loss of the invitation.
4. BRIBE THE BUTLER WITH THE BANKNOTE. No thug is above a little bribery.

I'm Cinderella, with nothing to wear to the ball! Where's my fairy godmother?

1. This is not a fairy tale! This is real life! (Well, as close to it as romance and interactive fiction ever come.)
2. Have you found the clearing yet?
3. The clearing is northeast of the Forest. There are climbing vines there.
4. If you climb up the vines, you can crawl into the second floor window. That which you seek is in that bedroom.

Lafond is threatening to kill my father unless I dance with him. What shall I do?

1. Dance with Lafond.
2. Unless you've already rescued your father, in which case you may try to refuse him.
3. But Lafond is not a man to toy with.