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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: put both hands out of commission.
As usual when one of his pet theories was attacked, Hotchkiss looked
aggrieved.
"My dear sir," he expostulated, "don't you understand what bearing
this has on the case? How was the murdered man lying when he was
found?"
"On his back," I said promptly, "head toward the engine."
"Very well," he retorted, "and what then? Your heart lies under
your fifth intercostal space, and to reach it a right-handed blow
would have struck either down or directly in.
"But, gentleman, the point of entrance for the stiletto was below
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