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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: Ali appeared with his eyes starting out of his head.
"Master! House burn!" he shouted.
Almayer stood up holding by the table. He could hear the yells
of alarm and surprise in the settlement. Ali wrung his hands,
lamenting aloud.
"Stop this noise, fool!" said Almayer, quietly. "Pick up my
hammock and blankets and take them to the other house. Quick,
now!"
The smoke burst through the crevices of the door, and Ali, with
the hammock in his arms, cleared in one bound the steps of the
verandah.
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