The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: "You did not lock your door against your own
sisters?" he gasped.
"God forgive me, I did."
The bell pealed again. Annie stood still, her
mouth quivering in a strange, rigid fashion. The
curtains in the dining-room windows were not drawn.
Suddenly one window showed full of her sisters'
faces. It was Susan who spoke.
"Annie, you can't mean to lock us out?" Susan's
face looked strange and wild, peering in out of the
dark. Imogen's handsome face towered over her
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