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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: tone was positively abject, too. I snapped back at him that I had
no door, that I was a nomad. He bowed ironically till his nose
nearly touched his plate but begged me to remember that to his
personal knowledge I had four houses of my own about the world.
And you know this made me feel a homeless outcast more than ever -
like a little dog lost in the street - not knowing where to go. I
was ready to cry and there the creature sat in front of me with an
imbecile smile as much as to say 'here is a poser for you. . . .'
I gnashed my teeth at him. Quietly, you know . . . I suppose you
two think that I am stupid."
She paused as if expecting an answer but we made no sound and she
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