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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: to let the others know what she had done for him. Afterwards he
had been trying to cajole her. He had promised her that if she
stood by him faithfully in this business he would take her with him
to Haiphong or some other place. A poor cripple needed somebody to
take care of him - always.
"Davidson asked her again if they really meant mischief. It was,
he told me, the hardest thing to believe he had run up against, as
yet, in his life. Anne nodded. The Frenchman's heart was set on
this robbery. Davy might expect them, about midnight, creeping on
board his ship, to steal anyhow - to murder, perhaps. Her voice
sounded weary, and her eyes remained fastened on her child.
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