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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: that for the pleasure of appearing terrible. And you see you are
not terrible at all, you are rather amusing. Go on, continue to be
amusing. Tell me something of what you heard from the lips of that
aristocratic old lady who thinks that all men are equal and
entitled to the pursuit of happiness."
"I hardly remember now. I heard something about the unworthiness
of certain white geese out of stuffy drawing-rooms. It sounds mad,
but the lady knows exactly what she wants. I also heard your
praises sung. I sat there like a fool not knowing what to say."
"Why? You might have joined in the singing."
"I didn't feel in the humour, because, don't you see, I had been
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