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Read these lines about the terms of a post: "Well, you have to be in the office, or at least in the building, the whole time. If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever. The will is very clear upon that point. You do not comply with the conditions if you budge from the office during that time." What would cost the man his position?
ALeaving the building at any point in the hours
BFailing to copy out a set number of pages
CArriving at the office later than ten o'clock
DSpeaking to anyone else inside the building
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Leaving the building at any point in the hours
1. The condition given is to stay in the office, or at the very least in the building, for the whole of the hours.
2. The penalty for leaving is stated plainly: the position is forfeited forever.
3. So stepping out of the building is what would cost him the post, option A.
4. No page count, arrival time or rule about speaking appears anywhere in the quoted lines.
_Source: Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Red-Headed League_
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