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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: looks like a flue. Pittsburg without smoke wouldn't be Pittsburg,
any more than New York prohibition would be New York. Sit down for
a few minutes, Mr. Blakeley. Now, Miss Gardner, Westinghouse
Electric."
The nurse resumed her reading in a monotonous voice. She read
literally and without understanding, using initials and
abbreviations as they came. But the shrewd old man followed her
easily. Once, however, he stopped her.
"D-o is ditto," he said gently, "not do."
As the nurse droned along, I found myself looking curiously at a
photograph in a silver frame on the bed-side table. It was the
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