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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: pillows above the dead man. Acutely conscious of the horror
of his position, filled with loathing, disgust, and an outraged
sense of decency, Smith-Oldwick was also acutely alive to the
demands of self-preservation. He felt that he was warranted
in buying his life at almost any price; but there was a point at
which his finer nature rebelled.
It was at this juncture that a loud knock sounded upon the
door of the outer room. Springing from the couch, the girl
seized the man by the arm and dragged him after her to the
wall close by the head of the couch. Here she drew back one
of the hangings, revealing a little niche behind, into which she
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