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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: perceived with dismay that the stratagem of his defence had given
Anne away. He did not hesitate a moment. It was for him to save
her now. He leaped ashore. But even as he landed on the wharf he
heard a shrill shriek which pierced his very soul.
"The light was still burning in the house. Davidson, revolver in
hand, was making for it when another shriek, away to his left, made
him change his direction.
"He changed his direction - but very soon he stopped. It was then
that he hesitated in cruel perplexity. He guessed what had
happened. The woman had managed to escape from the house in some
way, and now was being chased in the open by the infuriated
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