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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: over a new full box of them in his own pocket.
"I'll get you some from my own room," and Franz hurried away, his
loose slippers clattering down the stairs. He was no sooner well
out of the room than Muller had the letter in his hand and was
standing close by the window to catch the fading light. But on the
old servant's return the supposed electrician stood calmly awaiting
the coming of the light, and the letter was back on the table half
hidden by a piece of linen. Franz did not notice that the envelope
was missing. And the housekeeper, whose mind was so upset by the
events of the day, and whose thoughts were on other more absorbing
matters, would hardly be likely to remember whether she had returned
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