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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: not likely that whoever was delegated by Danglar to rob Perlmer's
office would go there much before eleven anyway, since they would
naturally allow for the possibility that Perlmer might stay later
in his office than usual, a contingency that doubtless accounted
for midnight being set as the hour at which they proposed to lay
old Nicky Viner by the heels. Therefore, it seemed almost a
certainty that she would reach there, not only first, but with
ample time at her disposal to secure the papers and get away again
without interruption. She might even, perhaps, reach the office
before Perlmer himself had left - it was still quite early enough
for that - but in that case she need only remain on watch until
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