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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: very, very slowly, with an air of concentrated attention. The girl-
friend of the Fynes bolted violently through the aforesaid gate and
into the cottage leaving me on the road--astounded.
A couple of hours afterwards I returned to the cottage for chess as
usual. I saw neither the girl nor Mrs. Fyne then. We had our two
games and on parting I warned Fyne that I was called to town on
business and might be away for some time. He regretted it very
much. His brother-in-law was expected next day but he didn't know
whether he was a chess-player. Captain Anthony ("the son of the
poet--you know") was of a retiring disposition, shy with strangers,
unused to society and very much devoted to his calling, Fyne
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