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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: "That was the queer part of it. I've never spoken of it--but I
DID get a clue."
"By Jove! That's interesting. What was it?"
McCarren formed his red lips into a whistle. "Why--that it
wasn't a delusion."
He produced his effect--the other turned on him with a pallid
stare.
"He murdered the man all right. I tumbled on the truth by the
merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job."
"He murdered him--murdered his cousin?"
"Sure as you live. Only don't split on me. It's about the
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