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in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?

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it was all just as it was in the law courts. the doctor put on just the same air towards him as he himself put on towards an accused person.