The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: Fellner could have been shot, for the window-shutters were fastened
and quite uninjured, and both doors were locked on the inside."
As he said these words, Horn looked sharply at his subordinate; but
Muller's calm face did not give the slightest clue to his thoughts.
The experienced police commissioner was pleased and yet slightly
angered at this behaviour on the part of the detective. He knew
that it was quite possible that Muller had already formed a clear
opinion about the case, and that he was merely keeping it to himself.
And yet he was glad to see that the little detective had apparently
learned a lesson from his recent mistake concerning the death of
Mrs. Kniepp - that he had somewhat lost confidence in his hitherto
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