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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: Jaffir. Though he had assented to Jorgenson's plan Jaffir was
anxious to accompany the ring as near as possible to its
destination. Nothing but dire necessity had induced him to part
with the talisman. Crouching in the stern and flourishing his
paddle from side to side he glared at the back of the canvas
deck-chair which had been placed in the middle for Mrs. Travers.
Wrapped up in the darkness she reclined in it with her eyes
closed, faintly aware of the ring hung low on her breast. As the
canoe was rather large it was moving very slowly. The two men
dipped their paddles without a splash: and surrendering herself
passively, in a temporary relaxation of all her limbs, to this
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