She and her friend, Ted Nickerson, release the pigeon and follow it to a house in the country where they find Hollister, but not Miss Eldredge. The doctor mentions that he heard his captors use a password, 'bluebells.' Nancy finds an injured racing pigeon bearing a message that mentions bluebells and is positive that it came from Miss Eldredge's captors. Nancy is convinced that this is Miss Eldredge and that she is being held against her will. Spires calls Carson and Nancy to tell them that he was kidnapped and taken to the country to treat an injured elderly woman. Nancy, who does not believe that Miss Eldredge would act that way, determines to discover what happened. Hollister, Miss Eldredge's business manager, explains that she left town suddenly. She arranges to deliver the check to lawyer Carson Drew, Nancy's father, at his office the following day, but she does not appear. Wealthy, elderly Mary Eldredge plans to donate a large sum of money to her alma mater, the Brinwood School for Girls, at which teenager Nancy Drew is a student.

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