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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: known only to himself, he strove to keep us out of it.
WAS there, did I say? I feel an inward conviction that he IS
there still, and probably prepares some terrible disaster for us.
Even at the risk of my life, Jack, I am resolved to discover him."
Harry spoke with an earnestness which strongly impressed his companion.
"Well, Harry," said he, "if I am forced to agree with you in
certain points, won't you admit that some kind fairy or brownie,
by bringing bread and water to you, was the means of--"
"Jack, my friend," interrupted Harry, "it is my belief that
the friendly person, whom you will persist in calling a spirit,
exists in the mine as certainly as the criminal we
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