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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: dim light of the tallow dip showed Barney that he was in a
narrow hall from which several doors opened into different
rooms. At one end of the hall a stairway led to the floor
below, while at the opposite end another flight disappeared
into the darkness above.
"This way," said the girl, motioning toward the stairs
that led upward.
Barney had turned toward her as she struck the match,
obtaining an excellent view of her features. They were clear-
cut and regular. Her eyes were large and very dark. Dark
also was her hair, which was piled in great heaps upon her
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