…whose purpose she could not ascertain…
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…the entrance to a chamber…
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…where she could glimpse, at the far end…
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…brought her into a vestibule…
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…which, upon her descent…
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…Bessie had arrived at the top of a stairwell…
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…and down a hall…
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…around a corner…
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…through the passage…
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Meanwhile…
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…or waited for sleep to come to him.
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…went to sleep…
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…closing his eyes…
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…and…
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…lay himself down…
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…he stepped toward the center of the room…
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…was not a matter with which he was unconcerned…
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…as if its safety or whereabouts…
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…into his pocket…
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…dropping the key…