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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: time. He lit another match and consulted his watch. It was four
o'clock and nearly dawn. . . .
Then slowly and stumbling up the ladder the men began to return to
Benham's room.
"Ask them what it is," urged Amanda.
But for a time not even Giorgio would understand Benham's questions.
There seemed to be a doubt whether he ought to know. The shrieking
approached again and then receded. Giorgio came and stood, a vague
thoughtful figure, by the embers of the fire. Explanation dropped
from him reluctantly. It was nothing. Some one had been killed:
that was all. It was a vendetta. A man had been missing overnight,
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