keannu
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1. Does this "prize" mean that the crown was a prize at an event or "the result of fighting"?
2. What does "fragment" and "grasp" each mean here?
38)
On entering the house, I examined the framework of the hall window with my lens. I could at once see that someone had gone through it.
It was because I could distinguish the outline of a step where the wet foot had been placed while coming in. I was then beginning to be able to form an opinion as to what had occurred. A man had waited outside the window. Someone had brought the jewels to him. The deed had been overseen by another man. He had pursued the thief and had struggled with him. They had each pulled at the crown, their united strength causing injuries which one alone could not have made. He had returned with the prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of the thief.
2. What does "fragment" and "grasp" each mean here?
38)
On entering the house, I examined the framework of the hall window with my lens. I could at once see that someone had gone through it.
It was because I could distinguish the outline of a step where the wet foot had been placed while coming in. I was then beginning to be able to form an opinion as to what had occurred. A man had waited outside the window. Someone had brought the jewels to him. The deed had been overseen by another man. He had pursued the thief and had struggled with him. They had each pulled at the crown, their united strength causing injuries which one alone could not have made. He had returned with the prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of the thief.
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