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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: have spoiled my life--both our lives . . ." Then after a pause the
unconquerable preoccupation of self came out, and he raised his voice
to ask resentfully, "And, pray, for how long have you been making a
fool of me?"
She seemed horribly shocked by that question. He did not wait for an
answer, but went on moving about all the time; now and then coming up
to her, then wandering off restlessly to the other end of the room.
"I want to know. Everybody knows, I suppose, but myself--and that's
your honesty!"
"I have told you there is nothing to know," she said, speaking
unsteadily as if in pain. "Nothing of what you suppose. You don't
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