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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "What's wrong?" the Jarvis man asked--and we made a strange
picture, no doubt. "Nobody hurt, is there?" He was looking at
Gertrude.
"Worse than that, Mr. Jarvis," I said. "I think it is murder."
At the word there was a commotion. The cook began to cry, and
Mrs. Watson knocked over a chair. The men were visibly
impressed.
"Not any member of the family?" Mr. Jarvis asked, when he had got
his breath.
"No," I said; and motioning Liddy to look after Gertrude, I led
the way with a lamp to the card-room door. One of the men gave
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