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This opening line is meant to attract the reader to the article's content. The lead also establishes the subject, sets the tone, and guides readers into the article. In a news story, the introductory paragraph includes the most important facts, and it also answers the key questions: who, what, where, when, why and how.
<span>Tom maintains his miserly attitude at the very end, even so far as to deny that he has profited from his work as a usurer. It is fitting that the devil arrives in this moment at Tom's "invitation" to take him away to hell.</span>
