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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: get home right enough."--"I am not so sure; the second mate he
says--" "Never mind what he says; that 'ere man who has got this
brig will see us through. The owner's wife will talk to him--she
will. Money can do a lot." The two voices came nearer, and spoke
more distinctly, close behind Lingard. "Suppose them blooming
savages set fire to the yacht. What's to prevent them?"--"And
suppose they do. This 'ere brig's good enough to get away in.
Ain't she? Guns and all. We'll get home yet all right. What do
you say, John?"
"I say nothing and care less," said a third voice, peaceful and
faint.
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