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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: around the keyhole with the end of a lead-pencil. When he stood
up his face was exultant.
"It's locked on the inside," he said in a low tone. "There is
somebody in there."
"Lord have mercy!" gasped Liddy, and turned to run.
"Liddy," I called, "go through the house at once and see who is
missing, or if any one is. We'll have to clear this thing at
once. Mr. Jamieson, if you will watch here I will go to the
lodge and find Warner. Thomas would be of no use. Together you
may be able to force the door."
"A good idea," he assented. "But--there are windows, of course,
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