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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: occasional low murmur of whispering voices floated up from the
guardroom below, but otherwise the stillness was broken only by
the scratching of the commissioner's pen and the rustle of the
paper as he turned the leaves. It was a silence so complete that
a light step on the stair outside and the gentle turning of the
doorknob was heard distinctly and the commissioner looked up
with almost a start to see who was coming to his room so late.
Joseph Muller stood in the open door, awaiting his chief's official
recognition.
"Oh ! it's you, Muller. So late? Come in. Anything new?" asked
the commissioner. "Have you succeeded in drawing a confession from
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