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"Where does that bell communicate with?" he asked at last pointing to a thick belt-rope which hung down beside the bed, the tassel actually lying upon the pi]low.
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"It goes to the housekeeper's room."
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"It looks newer than the other things?"
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"Yes, it was only put there a couple of years ago."
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"Your sister asked for it, I suppose?"
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"No, I never heard of her using it. We used always to get what we wanted for ourselves."
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"Indeed, it seemed unnecessary to put so nice a bell-pull there. You will excuse me for a few minutes while I satisfy myself as to this floor." He threw himself down upon his face with his lens in his hand and crawled swiftly backward and forward, examining minutely the cracks between the boards. Then he dld the same with the wood-work with which the chamber was panelled.
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