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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: two men locked and struggling in each other's embrace.
The Adventurer's voice reached her, quick, imperative:
"Show the candle at the window, Rhoda! The Sparrow is waiting for
it in the yard below. Then open the door for them."
A sudden terror and fear seized her. The Adventurer was not fit,
after what he had been through to-night to cope with Danglar. He
had been limping badly even a few minutes ago. It seemed to her,
as she rushed across the garret and snatched up the candle, that
Danglar was getting the best of it even now. And the Adventurer
could have shot him down, and been warranted in doing it! She
reached the window, waved the candle frantically several times
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