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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: understood with difficulty. Not a single one of his features
showed the slightest animation, but his little eyes blinked rapidly
at last.
"Oh, ya! The mate. Ya, ya! He is very well. But, mein Gott, he
is one very funny man!"
Jasper could get no explanation of that remark, because the
Dutchman got into the boat hurriedly, and went back on board the
brig. But he consoled himself with the thought that very soon all
this unpleasant and rather absurd experience would be over. The
roadstead of Makassar was in sight already. Heemskirk passed by
him going on the bridge. For the first time the lieutenant looked
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