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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: suddenly gripped d'Alcacer's fore-arm and added under his breath:
"I doubt everything. I doubt whether the offer will ever be
made."
All this was not very impressive. There was something pitiful in
it: whisper, grip, shudder, as of a child frightened in the dark.
But the emotion was deep. Once more that evening, but this time
aroused by the husband's distress, d'Alcacer's wonder approached
the borders of awe.
PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATH
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"Have you got King Tom's watch in there?" said a voice that
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