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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: hummed and quivered as she flew along, dancing lightly under our
feet.
At daybreak I pointed out to Dominic, amongst the several sail in
view running before the gathering storm, one particular vessel.
The press of canvas she carried made her loom up high, end-on, like
a gray column standing motionless directly in our wake.
"Look at this fellow, Dominic," I said. "He seems to be in a
hurry."
The Padrone made no remark, but, wrapping his black cloak close
about him, stood up to look. His weather-tanned face, framed in
the hood, had an aspect of authority and challenging force, with
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