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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: on the planking beside him, and, assuming the attitude of meditation,
remained quite still,-- taking care not to cough, or to breathe audibly.
For hours he stayed thus.
Then, from the roadway, he heard the steps coming. They passed the gate,
crossed the garden, approached the verandah, stopped -- directly in front
of him.
"Hoichi!" the deep voice called. But the blind man held his breath, and
sat motionless.
"Hoichi!" grimly called the voice a second time. Then a third time --
savagely:--
"Hoichi!"
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