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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: "Where is he now?" asked Ford.
"Inside. He sleeps," answered Jim-Eng, wearily. Ford glanced in
through the doorway. In the dim light of the room he could see
Almayer lying on his back on the floor, his head on a wooden
pillow, the long white beard scattered over his breast, the
yellow skin of the face, the half-closed eyelids showing the
whites of the eye only. . . .
He shuddered and turned away. As he was leaving he noticed a
long strip of faded red silk, with some Chinese letters on it,
which Jim-Eng had just fastened to one of the pillars.
"What's that?" he asked.
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