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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: "But that is not all, Jack. This very morning I went back
to the place, and, listening attentively, I thought I could
detect a sound like a sort of groaning."
"Groaning!" cried Jack, "that must be nonsense; it was a current of air--
unless indeed some ghost--"
"I shall know to-morrow what it was," said Harry.
"To-morrow?" answered Jack, looking at his friend.
"Yes; to-morrow I am going down into that abyss."
"Harry! that will be a tempting of Providence."
"No, Jack, Providence will aid me in the attempt. Tomorrow, you
and some of our comrades will go with me to that shaft.
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