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: in? How is it situated?"
"It's on the ground floor at the back," he told her. "The little
short passage from the garage opens on the kitchen, then the pantry,
and then there's a little cross hallway, and the dining-room is on
the left, and the library on the right. But ain't I going with you?"
She shook her head again.
"You're going home, Marty - after you've sent me a taxicab. If you
were seen in that neighborhood now, let alone by any chance seen in
the house, nothing could save you. You understand that, don't you?
Now, listen! Find a taxi, and send it here. Tell the chauffeur to
pick me up, and drive me to the corner of the cross street, one block
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