The Final Curtain at the Lyceum — the Fontaine contradiction

The house lights came up on an empty jewel case and a company of performers who can all cry on cue. Each waited out the search in a separate dressing room. Walk the corridor and place them, door by door. Statements were taken from all 4 performers; Della Fontaine's is the first page.

1. 1. The performer in the tattered cape was right next to the performer holding the tin crown.
2. 2. Nadia Volkova and the performer holding the shepherd's crook are the same person.
3. 3. The performer in the plumed helmet was in a lower-numbered dressing room than the performer in the gold breastplate.
4. 4. The performer in the tattered cape was right next to the performer holding the shepherd's crook.
5. 5. Petra Halvorsen was right next to the performer in the gold breastplate.
6. 6. The performer in the tattered cape was in the dressing room right before the performer holding the tin crown.
7. 7. Della Fontaine and the performer holding the tin crown are the same person.
8. 8. Bianca Orsini and the performer holding the ivory comb are the same person.
9. 9. The performer in the gold breastplate and the performer holding the tin crown are the same person.
10. 10. Petra Halvorsen was right next to the performer holding the tin crown.
11. 11. The performer in the emerald shawl was in the dressing room right before the performer in the plumed helmet.
12. 12. The performer in the plumed helmet was in a lower-numbered dressing room than the performer holding the tin crown.

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