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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 Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: half-past four. The unexpected meeting changed, his plans for the
afternoon. He had decided that he must enter the Thorne mansion
again that very day, for he must find out the meaning of the
red-shaded lamp. And now that the housekeeper was away it would
be easier for him to get into the house, therefore it must be done
at once. His excuse was all ready, for he had been weighing
possibilities. He dismissed his cab a block from his own home and
entered his house cautiously.
Muller's lodgings consisted of two large rooms, really much too
large for a lone man who was at home so little. But Muller had
engaged them at first sight, for the apartment possessed one
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