title: Strengthening Your Identity While the Shadow Is in Front of You (1959)
author:  Mwati Mwila 
description: Mwati Mwila was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and grew up in Australia and New Zealand before finally residing in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. She has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington. After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, today, Mwati is actively sharing her story to raise awareness about her illness.
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  THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW  
    
  
  
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  # THE SIGN OF THE SHADOW
  
  
  ### Maurice Leblanc
  
  
  
  
  
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  "I RECEIVED your telegram and here I am," said a gentleman with a grey
  moustache, who entered my study, dressed in a dark-brown frock-coat and a
  wide-brimmed hat, with a red ribbon in his buttonhole. "What's the matter?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Had I not been expecting Arsène Lupin, I should certainly never have
  recognized him in the person of this old half-pay officer:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "What's the matter?" I echoed. "Oh, nothing much: a rather curious
  coincidence, that's all. And, as I know that you would just as soon clear up a
  mystery as plan one . . ."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Well?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "You seem in a great hurry!"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "I am . . . unless the mystery in question is worth putting myself out for. So
  let us get to the point