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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: Taking my cue from my friend, I allowed my head gradually to sink lower
and lower, until, within a few minutes, I sprawled sideways on the floor,
Smith lying close beside me.
"The ship's sinkin'," droned a voice from one of the bunks.
"Look at the rats."
Yan had noiselessly withdrawn, and I experienced a curious sense
of isolation from my fellows--from the whole of the Western world.
My throat was parched with the fumes, my head ached.
The vicious atmosphere seemed contaminating. I was as one dropped--
Somewhere East of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
And there ain't no Ten Commandments and a man can raise a thirst.
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