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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: Her deep sigh showed him that she knew as well as he. In the same
second, however, a thought shot through her brain, changing her
whole king. Her pale face glowed, her dulled eyes shot fire, and
the fingers with which she held Muller's hand tightly clasped, were
suddenly feverishly hot.
"And you - you are still the only person who knows the truth?" she
gasped in his ear.
The detective nodded. "And you thought you might silence me?" he
asked calmly. "That will not be easy - for you can imagine that I
did not come unarmed."
Adele Bernauer smiled sadly. "I would take even this way to save
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