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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: motive for wishing to secure the notes, she believed I was in lower
ten, and she had collapsed at the discovery of the crime in the
morning.
Against both of these theories, I accuse a purely chimerical person
named Sullivan, who was not seen by any of the survivors - save one,
Alison, whom I could not bring into the case. I could find a motive
for his murdering his father-in-law, whom he hated, but again - I
would have to drag in the girl.
And not one of the theories explained the telegram and the broken
necklace.
Outside the office force was arriving. They were comfortably
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