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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: log on which he hung had come out of the mouth of the creek and
he couldn't have been more than half a day on it by my
calculation. I had him taken down the main hatchway and put into
a hammock in the 'tween-decks. He only just breathed then, but
some time during the night he came to himself and got out of the
hammock to lie down on a mat. I suppose he was more comfortable
that way. He recovered his speech only this morning and I went
down at once and told you of it, but you took no notice. I told
you also who he was but I don't know whether you heard me or
not."
"I don't remember," said Lingard under his breath.
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