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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: spoke, completing the other's words: "And therefore you wish to
save me from the prison or from the gallows? I thank you. What
is your name?" The unhappy man spoke as calmly as if the matter
scarcely concerned him at all.
The detective told him his name.
"Muller, Muller," repeated the Councillor, as if he were
particularly anxious to remember the name. He held out his hand
to the detective. "I thank you, ab, indeed, it thank you," he
said with the first sign of emotion he had shown, and then added
low: "Do not fear that you will have trouble on my account. They
can find me in my home." With these words he turned away and sat
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