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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: way. In the old Norada a newcomer might have been subjected to a
friendly but inquisitive interest. In this grown-up and
self-centered community a man might come and go unnoticed.
And he had other advantages. The pack, as he cynically thought of
them, would have started at the Clark ranch and the cabin. He would
get to them, of course, but he meant to start on the outside of the
circle and work in.
"Been here long?" he asked the clerk at the desk, after a leisurely
meal.
The clerk grinned.
"I came here two years ago. I never saw Jud Clark. To get to the
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