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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: now to let the light of the candle fall more clearly on the wiring
- then he started up altogether and threw a hasty glance at the
mirrors above his head. A ray of light had suddenly flashed down
upon him - a ray of red light, and it came reflected from the
mirrors. Muller bit his lips to keep back the betraying whistle.
"What's the matter?" asked the butler. "Did you drop anything?"
"Yes, the wooden rim of the button," replied Muller, telling the
truth this time. For he had held the little wooden circlet in his
hands at the moment when the red light, reflected down from the
mirrors, struck full upon his eyes. He had dropped it in his
surprise and excitement. Franz found the little ring in the centre
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