Margaret lifted her pillow and discovered a second bar of soap, completely different from the lavender one she had placed beneath her sheets. It was an old, unscented bar, wrapped in yellow paper. Confused, she asked her husband whether he had put it there. He shook his head and admitted knowing nothing about it. Margaret remembered her neighbor mentioning that her grandmother had used the same remedy decades earlier. Could someone have secretly placed another bar in her bed? That evening, she decided to investigate rather than simply enjoy her unexpected nights of uninterrupted sleep.
Before bedtime, Margaret photographed the mysterious soap and placed it inside a small wooden box. She wanted to know whether it belonged to someone in her family. The following morning, however, the box was open, and the soap had disappeared. Then her husband quietly confessed that he had received an unusual telephone call the previous evening.
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