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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: words tumbling over each other. "I will go at once and communicate
with an undertaker." But before he could rise from his chair the
sandy-haired man, who had conducted a whispered conversation with
the deputy marshal, advanced toward the group.
"Just a moment, gentlemen," he said, and turned back a lapel of his
coat and displayed a metal badge. "I am Ferguson of the Central
Office. Do you know the deceased?"
"He was my intimate friend," announced Rochester before his
companions could reply to the detective's question, which was
addressed to all. "Mr. Clymer, here, can tell you that Jimmie
Turnbull, cashier of his bank, was well known in financial and
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