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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: quite as obviously, explained Danglar's facetious reference to
wood-carving. And then her eyes shifted, and widened as they rested
on a huddled form that she could see by looking under and beyond the
table, and that lay sprawled out against the far wall of the room.
Skeeny pushed the peak of his cap back with the point of his
knife-blade.
"What's the haul size up at?" he demanded. "Anything in the safe
besides the shiners?"
"A few hundred dollars," Danglar replied. "I don't know exactly
how much. I told the Cricket to divide it up among the boys who
did the rough work. That's good enough, isn't it, Skeeny? It
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