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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie: John, "and go up to her bedroom afterwards. She kept her most
important papers in a purple despatch-case, which we must look
through carefully."
"Yes," said the lawyer, "it is quite possible that there may be a
later will than the one in my possession."
"There *IS a later will." It was Poirot who spoke.
"What?" John and the lawyer looked at him startled.
"Or, rather," pursued my friend imperturbably, "there *WAS one."
"What do you mean--there was one? Where is it now?"
"Burnt!"
"Burnt?"
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