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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: they had been careless. This was to weight the line and to prevent
the creature clinging to the walls of the chimney. Directly it had dropped
in the grate, however, by means of this ring I assume that the weighted
line was withdrawn, and the thing was only held by one slender thread,
which sufficed, though, to draw it back again when it had done its work.
lt might have got tangled, of course, but they reckoned on its making
straight up the carved leg of the writing-table for the prepared envelope.
From there to the hand of Sir Crichton--which, from having touched
the envelope, would also be scented with the perfume--was a certain move."
"My God! How horrible!" I exclaimed, and glanced apprehensively into
the dusky shadows of the room. "What is your theory respecting this creature--
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