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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: reverence he tried in an access of clumsy tenderness to dry the
tears that trembled on her eyelashes. He had his reward in a
fleeting smile that brightened her face for the short fraction of
a second, but soon the tears fell faster than ever, and he could
bear it no more. He rose and walked towards Almayer, who still
sat absorbed in his contemplation of the sea. It was a very,
very long time since he had seen the sea--that sea that leads
everywhere, brings everything, and takes away so much. He had
almost forgotten why he was there, and dreamily he could see all
his past life on the smooth and boundless surface that glittered
before his eyes.
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