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Updated: May 19, 2025

"A," continued Marshall. "R-a," repeated Reub'. "T," said the tutor. "R-a-t," drawled the old man, when, suddenly catching the sound of the combination, he glanced first at the letters and then with quick suspicion up into Marshall's face. The suppressed smile he detected there did its work. He felt himself betrayed.

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