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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: he was thirsty. As he could not lift the jug, he tipped it over
painfully towards his mouth, and swallowed a draught.
As neither the pen nor the ink had been used for a long time,
the point of the pen had curled up, the ink had dried away, he was
forced to rise and put a few drops of water in the ink, which he did
not accomplish without pausing and sitting down two or three times,
and he was compelled to write with the back of the pen. He wiped
his brow from time to time.
Then he turned towards the bed, and, still seated, for he could not stand,
he gazed at the little black gown and all those beloved objects.
These contemplations lasted for hours which seemed minutes.
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