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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: ungrateful," said I, "for any service, or to any man that offers me
any kindness; but it is past my comprehension what they should have
such a design upon me for: however, since you say there is no time
to be lost, and that there is some villainous design on hand
against me, I will go on board this minute, and put to sea
immediately, if my men can stop the leak; but, sir," said I, "shall
I go away ignorant of the cause of all this? Can you give me no
further light into it?"
"I can tell you but part of the story, sir," says he; "but I have a
Dutch seaman here with me, and I believe I could persuade him to
tell you the rest; but there is scarce time for it. But the short
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