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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: unpleasant that I recall.
I got to the top, however, without incident. I could see fairly
well after the darkness of the house beneath, but there was nothing
suspicious in sight. The roofs, separated by two feet of brick
wall, stretched around me, unbroken save by an occasional chimney.
I went very softly over to the other trap, the one belonging to
the suspected house. It was closed, but I imagined I could hear
Johnson's footsteps ascending heavily. Then even that was gone.
A near-by clock struck three as I stood waiting. I examined my
revolver then, for the first time, and found it was empty!
I had been rather skeptical until now. I had had the usual tolerant
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