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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: of foolscap upon which were arranged some burned fragments
from poor Cadby's grate, for so hurriedly had the girl done
her work that combustion had not been complete.
"What do we make of this?" said Smith. "`. . .Hunchback. . .lascar
went up. . .unlike others. . .not return. . .till Shen-Yan'
(there is no doubt about the name, I think) `turned me out. . .
booming sound. . .lascar in. . .mortuary I could ident. . .
not for days, or suspici. . .Tuesday night in a different make
. . .snatch. . .pigtail. . .'"
"The pigtail again!" rapped Weymouth.
"She evidently burned the torn-out pages all together,"
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