The Blackwood Manor Affair — the Pike contradiction

Midnight, and the storm still has not broken. Somewhere between the first toast and the last thunderclap, the Blackwood heirloom walked out of its case. Every guest kept to a room along the great hall. Pin each of them to theirs. The file names 4 guests; Dorian Pike's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. The guest drinking the black coffee was right next to the guest carrying the riding crop.
2. 2. The guest drinking the cocoa was in the room right before the guest carrying the monocle.
3. 3. Dorian Pike was in a lower-numbered room than the guest drinking the black coffee.
4. 4. Ivo Blackwood was in the room right before the guest drinking the espresso.
5. 5. The guest drinking the absinthe was in the room right before the guest drinking the espresso.
6. 6. Genevieve Wren was in the room right before Lavinia Crane.
7. 7. Genevieve Wren and the guest carrying the silk gloves are the same person.
8. 8. Genevieve Wren was in a lower-numbered room than the guest carrying the sealed envelope.

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