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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: "My father, Mr. Starr? no."
"Some neighbor, then?"
"We have no neighbors in the bottom of the pit,"
replied Harry. "We are alone, quite alone."
"Well, we must let this intruder pass," said James Starr. "Those who
are descending must yield the path to those who are ascending."
They waited. The voice broke out again with a magnificent burst,
as if it had been carried through a vast speaking trumpet;
and soon a few words of a Scotch song came clearly to the ears
of the young miner.
"The Hundred Pipers!" cried Harry. "Well, I shall be much surprised
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