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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: return to the reality, which is sufficiently beautiful;
leave our picks here, where we may find them another day,
and let's take the road back to the cottage."
Nothing more could be done for the time. Later, the engineer,
accompanied by a brigade of miners, supplied with lamps
and all necessary tools, would résumé the exploration of
New Aberfoyle. It was now time to return to the Dochart pit.
The road was easy, the gallery running nearly straight
through the rock up to the orifice opened by the dynamite,
so there was no fear of their losing themselves.
But as James Starr was proceeding towards the gallery
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