About this picture
Evening settles over the river quay as ornate iron gas streetlamps glow against the deepening twilight. Along the stone parapet, dark green wooden bookstalls sit locked for the night, their weathered lids reflecting the warm light. Fallen leaves scatter across the rain-slicked cobblestones, where reflections shimmer in gold and blue. Across the water, bridges and cathedral spires rise into the dusk. Near the autumn trees, a lone figure in a long grey coat stands watching the quiet promenade.
The story so far
This photo is part of The Mender of Lantern Street, a story told one torn photograph at a time. The eighth envelope took Mira to the crowded platforms of Gare de Lyon in May 1968. In the shadowed baggage hall, Ada spotted the man in the grey coat stepping off the very same train.
How to play
Drag a piece onto another square to swap them, or tap a piece and then tap where it should go. Hold Preview for a faded glimpse of the photo: enough to see where the sky and the street go, not the details. Pieces that belong together join up and move as one, and turn green once they are in the right place. You have 4:30 for these 36 pieces, and the clock keeps running if you leave the page. Each photo has three stars: one for restoring it, one for finishing with1:48 still on the clock without taking extra time, and one for doing it in 47 moves or fewer. Each episode starts with 2 hints and earns more along the way; unused hints carry over to later photos. Playing needs a free account, which keeps your stars and stamps on every device. Restoring photos earns stamps (more for more stars, and extra for whole episodes), which buy more time or more hints. Once the photo is restored, turn it over and look for the clue hidden in it. Photos open one after another and episodes in order; each new chapter opens once you have enough stars from the chapters before it.