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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: room and reflect on the position. It was plain that Clon
suspected me. This prison-like room, with its barred window, at
the back of the house, and in the wing farthest from the stables,
proved so much. Clearly, he was a dangerous fellow, of whom I
must beware. I had just begun to wonder how Madame could keep
such a monster in her house, when I heard his step returning. He
came in, lighting Louis, who carried a small pallet and a bundle
of coverings.
The dumb man had, besides the lanthorn, a bowl of water and a
piece of rag in his hand. He set them down, and going out again,
fetched in a stool. Then he hung up the lanthorn on a nail, took
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