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Sandy McSouthers is the doorman at Sunset Towers. He’s presented as one of Sam Westing’s 16 potential heirs, though he is secretly an alias of Westing. A kindly ex-boxer with a chipped tooth and a sunny demeanor, Sandy is paired with Judge Ford for the duration of the Westing game. Sandy’s warmth and silliness ingratiate him to all the residents of Sunset Towers—especially Turtle Wexler—though Ford is the only one to piece together the truth about his identity before the final reading of the will and the conclusion of the Westing Game. Omnipresent yet unassuming, Sandy McSouthers is the perfect disguise for Westing throughout the duration of his own game: by becoming Sandy, Westing is able to participate in his own game, intimately observe its players, and steer things in the direction he wants them to take when red herrings (misleading clues) or dead ends threaten to throw the whole enterprise off course.
Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers Quotes in The Westing Game
The The Westing Game quotes below are all either spoken by Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers or refer to Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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"What do you mean his corpse is rotting on an Oriental rug, some kind of Persian rug, maybe a Chinese rug." Mr. Hoo joined his son at the glass sidewall of the fifth-floor restaurant.
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Chapter 21
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“Violet was a few years younger than I, doll-like and delicate. She was not allowed to play with other children. Especially the skinny, long-legged, black daughter of the servants."
"Gee, you must have been lonely, Judge, having nobody to play with."
"I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game."
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Chapter 26
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The estate is at the crossroads. The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the
FOURTH.
That's it, that has to be it: The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth! Windy Windkloppel took four names, and [Turtle] knew who the fourth one was!
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Chapter 30
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Julian R. Eastman was dead; and with him died Windy Windkloppel, Samuel W. Westing, Barney Northrup, and Sandy McSouthers. And with him died a little of Turtle.
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Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers Quotes in The Westing Game
The The Westing Game quotes below are all either spoken by Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers or refer to Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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"What do you mean his corpse is rotting on an Oriental rug, some kind of Persian rug, maybe a Chinese rug." Mr. Hoo joined his son at the glass sidewall of the fifth-floor restaurant.
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Chapter 21
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“Violet was a few years younger than I, doll-like and delicate. She was not allowed to play with other children. Especially the skinny, long-legged, black daughter of the servants."
"Gee, you must have been lonely, Judge, having nobody to play with."
"I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game."
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Chapter 26
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The estate is at the crossroads. The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the
FOURTH.
That's it, that has to be it: The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth! Windy Windkloppel took four names, and [Turtle] knew who the fourth one was!
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Chapter 30
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Julian R. Eastman was dead; and with him died Windy Windkloppel, Samuel W. Westing, Barney Northrup, and Sandy McSouthers. And with him died a little of Turtle.
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