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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: "I size it up this way," he began with a resentful glance at Kent
who had dropped back in his chair again. "Rochester knew his
friend had heart disease and that his sudden death would be
attributed to it - so he took a sporting chance and administered
a fatal dose of aconitine."
"How was it done?" asked Clymer.
"Just slipped the poison into the glass of water he handed to
Turnbull in the court room," explained Ferguson, and glanced in
triumph at Kent. "Neat, wasn't it?"
Kent regarded the detective, his mind in a whirl. His theory was
certainly plausible, but - "Have you other evidence to prove, your
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