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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: "P.S.--My tongue troubles me yet very much, and I must have
bitten it in my distress the other night; it is painful and
swollen, affecting my speech. Had Mama better send for Nancy? I
think so; or Aunt Amelia."
"Couple of coloured neck handkerchiefs, one Madras."
This letter, which shows an anxiety about his personal comfort
singular in one so tragically situated, passed through the hands
of the keeper of the jail. He was struck by the words
underlined," NOT TO OPEN," in regard to the small bundle
confided to Mrs. Webster. He called the attention of the police
to this phrase. They sent immediately an officer armed with a
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