Pages 181-182 Alice Turtle Wexler starts talking to Sam Westing which he is dress up as Sandy Mcsouthers before he died, it says “did you say Angela has a little girl.” “Yes, Alice, She’s ten years old.” “Is she pretty like her mother?” “I’m afraid not, she looks alot like you and me.” “Turtle?” “ I’m right here, Sandy.” “Turtle, tell Crow to pray for me.” This quote proves that Turtle Wexler knows the secret about Sam Westing being Sandy Mcsouthers and no one else knows about the secret except for Turtle. If she wasn’t in the novel then they won’t have the conversations and no one will know the secret about Sam Westing if Turtle wasn’t in the novel. At this point, with or without Turtle Wexler the novel won’t be an appealing novel and the story will change. Turtle is an important character in the novel The Westing Game written by Ellen