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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: only the young who are ever confronted by such clear issues.
But at the time it was pure intuition on my part.
A mysterious communication was established already between
us two--in the face of that silent, darkened tropical sea.
I was young, too; young enough to make no comment.
The man in the water began suddenly to climb up the ladder,
and I hastened away from the rail to fetch some clothes.
Before entering the cabin I stood still, listening in the lobby at
the foot of the stairs. A faint snore came through the closed door
of the chief mate's room. The second mate's door was on the hook,
but the darkness in there was absolutely soundless. He, too,
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