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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: "But why do we stop?" asked Desiree.
The words "Because we are not getting anywhere" rose to my
lips, but I kept them back.
"For a rest and some air," I answered.
Desiree exclaimed: "But I want to go on!"
So as soon as we had eaten our fill we loaded the stuff again
and prepared to shove off. By that time I think Harry, too, had
realized the hopelessness of our expedition, for he had lost all
his enthusiasm; but he said nothing, nor did I. We secured Desiree
on her pile of skins and again pushed out into the current.
The cavern was not large, for we had been under way but a few
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