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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: talking to Whittington at that nursing home in Bournemouth. She
wasn't a patient there! She was a nurse!"
"I dare say," said Tommy angrily, "she's probably been in with
them from the start. I shouldn't wonder if she stole those
papers from Danvers to begin with."
"I'm darned if she did!" shouted Julius. "She's my cousin, and
as patriotic a girl as ever stepped."
"I don't care a damn what she is, but get out of here!" retorted
Tommy also at the top of his voice.
The young men were on the point of coming to blows. But
suddenly, with an almost magical abruptness, Julius's anger
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