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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Stone pulled himself up short in his speech, and bent over but the
young girl was too quick for him, and stooped first to pick up her
handkerchief.
As she raised her head Stone caught sight of the tiny mole under
the lobe of her left ear. It was the one mark which distinguished
Barbara from her twin sister. Colonel McIntyre had addressed his
daughter as Helen, and she had not undeceived him - Why? The
perplexed physician gave up the problem.
"The drug," he went on to explain, "amyl nitrite comes in pearl
capsules and is crushed in a handkerchief and the fumes inhaled."
Mrs. Brewster leaned forward suddenly. "Would that cause death?"
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