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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: well in this house that you should possess yourself of his
property."
"There is a safe in the corner," she answered, "of which he
always kept the key in his trouser pocket."
"Then with your leave I will open it in your presence."
Going to the dead man I searched his pocket and found in it a
bunch of keys. These I withdrew and went to the safe over which
a skin rug was thrown. I unlocked it easily enough. Within were
two bags of gold, each marked #100; also another larger bag
marked "My wife's jewelry. For Heda"; also some papers and a
miniature of the lady whose portrait hung in the sitting-room;
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