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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: the rail till at last her breath was on his forehead. He
remembered this and had a moment of soaring pride and of
unutterable dismay. He spoke, with an effort.
"You've heard what I said just now? Here I am."
"Do you expect me to say something?" she asked. "Is it necessary?
Is it possible?"
"No," he answered. "It is said already. I know what you expect
from me. Everything."
"Everything," she repeated, paused, and added much lower, "It is
the very least." He seemed to lose himself in thought.
"It is extraordinary," he reflected half aloud, "how I dislike
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