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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: 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
this quite unimportant letter to its envelope or not.
Franz brought a lighted candle with him, and Muller, who really did
possess a creditable knowledge of electricity, saw that the wires
in the room were all in good condition. As he had seen at first,
there was really nothing the matter except with the position of
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