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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: A moment later I was in the corridor beyond the iron door. It
was quite dark, but twenty paces away a faint suggestion of light
showed where the door of the Royal box stood open. When I
reached it, I saw that a solitary lamp was burning on the far
side of the stalls. After glancing at it, the darkness of the
box seemed more impenetrable. I felt for the little gold bag- on
the balcony, on the chair, on the floor. It was nowhere. I
stood up and peered into the great, dim auditorium, wondering
whether I dared strike a match. Fearing that there might be a
fireman somewhere in the darkness, I abandoned the idea. The
sudden flash might be seen, and then people would come running,
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