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// Monica via forum post at FTLR.com & via Email to Tenchizard (Apr 5)
Re: Monica, Alfredo y Jorge.
Llegué a casa de mi tía un poco más tarde de lo acordado porque con los nervios me había dejado la lista con las cosas que tenía que buscar, y tuve que volver a mi casa cuando ya estaba en el andén del metro. Y me daba mucho miedo hacerla esperar porque quizá eso hiciera que mi tía no estuviera tan amable como la última vez.
Por suerte, parecía que ella seguía contenta conmigo y que de alguna manera se había reconciliado conmigo. (¡Así que por ahora, con esta investigación ya he ganado el cariño de mi tía gracias a vosotros!)
Como no quería molestar mucho y estaba bastante nerviosa por empezar a buscar, fui directamente al grano. Le enseñé las fotos de los 6 amnésicos, pero no reconocía a ninguno. Después le fui enumerando las cosas que me comentasteis, para ver si le decían algo, y para que me ayudara a buscar. No recordaba nada de laberintos, ni de cosas griegas, no sabía lo que era el esperanto, ni tampoco había visto nada parecido a un diario. Ya me iba a dar por vencida cuando le comenté
“¿Y la Western Maryland Railway Company?
“¿Eso que es?”
Como no tenía ni idea de inglés se lo tuve que mostrar escrito en el papel. Mientras leía con sus gafas de ver de cerca, le comenté:
“Una compañía de trenes, o algo de trenes ¿te suena?”
Se quedó pensativa un buen rato y entonces me dijo...
“Huy, si, ahora que lo dices, recuerdo un sobre que tenía eso escrito por fuera. Hace muchos años, cuando él aún vivía, estaba limpiando el despacho de Alfredo. Como solía acumular muchos papeles, de vez en cuando entraba y tiraba a la basura muchas de las cosas viejas e inservibles. Recuerdo que encontré ese sobre, y como tenía pinta de ser muy viejo, lo tiré con el resto de las cosas. En ese momento pasaba Alfredo y lo vió. Se puso nerviosísimo y se enfadó mucho conmigo “Como se te ocurre tirar esto sin preguntar” me decía. Luego lo recogió con cuidado y lo volvió a guardar en su sitio.”
Mi tía me miraba emocionada.
“Si era tan importante para él, seguro que es algo de lo que estás buscando niña”
El corazón casi me dá un vuelco. Le pregunté si recordaba donde estaba aquel sobre, y me respondió que sí.
“Vi que lo guardaba en aquel archivador, y aunque yo no he vuelto a tocarlo, no se si él lo cambiaría de lugar. Yo nunca le di demasiada importancia a aquel sobre. Pensaba que sería una manía de viejo chiflado”
De pronto me invadió el temor de que el sobre ya no estuviera allí. ¿Tendría que revolver todos los papeles de aquel despacho? Saqué el archivador y empecé a buscar.
Entonces lo ví. ¡Un sobre amarillento con Western Maryland Railway Company escrito!
Me abracé a mi tía dando saltos de alegría. Lo abrí con cuidado, porque parecía muy antiguo, y comencé a sacar su contenido y a ponerlo sobre la mesa. Madre mía, no os puedo explicar con palabras lo que estaba sintiendo en aquel momento. Me di cuenta de que esto es algo muy grande. Que es real. Y que os necesito a todos vosotros. Sin duda mi tío abuelo no consiguió averiguar nada concreto porque no contaba con la ayuda de todo el planeta... ¡nosotros sí! Gracias por vuestras ideas para buscar cosas, y enhorabuena a Tenchizard, que sugirió lo de buscar cosas de la Western Maryland Railway Company. ¡Acertaste de pleno!
Así que fui a casa de un amigo para sacar copias digitales del contenido del sobre. Se lo he pasado a Diego para que lo suba y así podamos deducir entre todos el significado.


(translation by elite.fencer)
Re: Monica, Alfredo and Jorge.
A little later, I arrived at my aunt's house a little later than we had agreed because my (translator's note: unknown word-- presumably someone) had left me with a list of things to look for, and I had to return to my house when I was already at the platform meter. I was very scared because perhaps my aunt would not be quite so forgiving as the last time.
Luckily, it seemed that she was content with me and we reconciled. (So for now, it seems that my aunt is pleased with me this investigation, thanks to you!)
Since I didn't want to bother her much, and she was already very nervous to begin with, I went directly to the corn (note:unsure of meaning of 'grano'). I showed her the photos of he 6 amnesiacs, but he recognized none of them. Later, I was counting your comments to see if anyone had told her anything and to see if they would help me on my searches. She remembered nothing of the labyrinths, nor the Greek things, or what the Esperanto meant, and she'd seen nothing like a diary. Already she/I gave/was giving me for luck(note: this is a literal translation-- it might be a proverb or something) when I mentioned to her:
"And the Western Maryland Railway Company?
"What's that? "
Since I can't read English, I had to show it to her by writing it on paper. While she read with her glasses, I said :
"A train company, or something about trains, is that what it means?"
She thought for awhile and then said...
"Now that you mentioned it, I remember about something written outside. Many years ago, while he was still alive, I used to clean Alfred's office. Since the office recieved lots of papers, once in a while I entered and cleaned up. I remember that once I found a paper with dots on it, but since it was very old, I just threw it away. Then Alfred passed by and saw me doing so. He got very upset and angry. "You threw this away without asking me," he said to me. He took it, smoothed it out, and put it back in its original spot.
My aunt looked at me excitedly.
"If it was so important to him, surely that is the thing you're looking for, my girl!"
I almost had a heart attack. I asked her if she remembered where it was, and she told me yes.
"I saw that it was guarded in that old filing cabinet, and even though I've never gone to get it, I don't think he would have moved it. I never acted as though it was important to me. He worried that he might forget where it was as he grew older."
Suddenly, I began to fear that it might no longer be there. At some point, wouldn't he have had to move the office papers? I opened the filing cabinet and began to look for it.
Then, I saw it. A yellowish paper with "Western Maryland Railway Company" written on it!
I hugged my aunt, jumping for joy. I carefully opened it, since it seemed so ancient, and slowly took out the contents and placed them on the table. Oh my! I can't explain to you with simple words how I felt at that moment. I realized something incredible. That it's real. And that I need you all. Without a doubt, my great-uncle couldn't find out anything because he didn't count on the aid of the whole world....but we do! Thank you for your ideas to look for things, and good job Tenchizard for suggesting to look for things from the Western Maryland Railway Company. You guessed right this time!
So I went to my friend's house to make copies of the old papers, and I've given it to Diego so that we can help understand it better.
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