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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: on board here."
I felt this was no mere formula of desperate speech,
but a real alternative in the view of a strong soul.
I should have gathered from this that he was young; indeed, it is
only the young who are ever confronted by such clear issues.
But at the time it was pure intuition on my part.
A mysterious communication was established already between
us two--in the face of that silent, darkened tropical sea.
I was young, too; young enough to make no comment.
The man in the water began suddenly to climb up the ladder,
and I hastened away from the rail to fetch some clothes.
The Secret Sharer |
