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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: "Physiologically, now," he said, turning away
abruptly, "it was possible. It was possible."
He remained silent. Then went on--
"At all events, the next time I saw him he was
ill--lung trouble. He was tough, but I daresay he
was not acclimatised as well as I had supposed. It
was a bad winter; and, of course, these mountain-
eers do get fits of home sickness; and a state of de-
pression would make him vulnerable. He was lying
half dressed on a couch downstairs.
"A table covered with a dark oilcloth took up all
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