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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: Byrne shuddered, and then said to himself that he must be a little
feverish. But Tom had not disappeared. Byrne had just heard of
him. And again the young man felt the blood beating in his ears.
He sat still expecting every moment to hear through the pulsating
strokes the sound of Tom's voice. He waited straining his ears,
but nothing came. Suddenly the thought occurred to him: "He has
not disappeared, but he cannot make himself heard."
He jumped up from the arm-chair. How absurd! Laying his pistol
and his hanger on the table he took off his boots and, feeling
suddenly too tired to stand, flung himself on the bed which he
found soft and comfortable beyond his hopes.
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