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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: Kent rose with the others and started to follow them to the door,
but Grimes beckoned him to approach the bed. The butler waited
until he heard McIntyre's heavy tread and the lighter footfall of
the detective recede down the hall before speaking.
"I was only going to say, sir," he whispered as Kent, at a sign
from him, stooped over the bed, "I got a box of aconitine pills
for Mrs. Brewster on Sunday - the stuff that poisoned Mr. Turnbull,"
he paused to explain.
"Yes, go on," urged Kent, catching the man's excitement. "You
gave it to Mrs. Brewster -"
"No, sir; I didn't; I left the box on the hall table," Grimes
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