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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: to endure--even to the end--even beyond.
"`I had immense plans,' he muttered irresolutely.
`Yes,' said I; `but if you try to shout I'll smash your
head with--' There was not a stick or a stone near.
`I will throttle you for good,' I corrected myself.
`I was on the threshold of great things,' he pleaded, in a voice
of longing, with a wistfulness of tone that made my blood run cold.
`And now for this stupid scoundrel--' `Your success in Europe
is assured in any case,' I affirmed steadily. I did not want
to have the throttling of him, you understand--and indeed it
would have been very little use for any practical purpose.
Heart of Darkness |
