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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: westward, threw a pale tinge of red. The lieutenant waited for
the answer, taking quick pulls at his half-extinguished cigar.
Behind them Ali moved noiselessly laying the table, ranging
solemnly the ill-assorted and shabby crockery, the tin spoons,
the forks with broken prongs, and the knives with saw-like blades
and loose handles. He had almost forgotten how to prepare the
table for white men. He felt aggrieved; Mem Nina would not help
him. He stepped back to look at his work admiringly, feeling
very proud. This must be right; and if the master afterwards is
angry and swears, then so much the worse for Mem Nina. Why did
she not help? He left the verandah to fetch the dinner.
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