The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: was upon us.
The shadow became stationary. The dacoit was studying the interior
of the room.
Then it suddenly lengthened, and, craning my head to the left,
I saw a lithe, black-clad form, surmounted by a Yellow face,
sketchy in the moonlight, pressed against the window-panes!
One thin, brown hand appeared over the edge of the lowered sash,
which it grasped--and then another. The man made absolutely
no sound whatever. The second hand disappeared--and reappeared.
It held a small, square box. There was a very faint CLICK.
The dacoit swung himself below the window with the agility
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