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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: called a question any more. It was all too sadly clear to him now.
Winkler met his death at the hand of the husband, who, discovering
the planned rendezvous, had misunderstood its motive.
For truly this had been no lovers' meeting. It had been a meeting
to which the woman was driven by fear and hate; the man by greed of
gain. This was clearly proved by the 300 guldens found in the dead
man's pocket, money enclosed in a delicate little envelope, sealed
hastily, and crumpled as if it had been carried in a hot and
trembling hand.
It was already known that Winkler never had any money except at
certain irregular intervals, when he appeared to have come into
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