The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: piece of red sealing wax clinging to the cuff of his suit. It had
not been there when he entered the casket. Kent dropped the wax in
his vest pocket as he again addressed his host. "Who first
discovered Grimes in the casket?"
"Mrs. Brewster."
"And what was Mrs. Brewster doing in the library at that hour?"
glancing keenly at McIntyre as he put the question.
"She could not sleep and came down for a book," explained the
Colonel.
Ferguson, who had walked several times around the library, looking
behind first one and then the other of the seven doors, paused to
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