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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: downcast eyes and in an unforgiving tone. "I must tell you that
when I saw you in that courtyard in a crowd of natives and
leaning on that man's arm, it gave me quite a shock."
"Did I, too, look sinister?" said Mrs. Travers, turning her head
slightly toward her husband. "And yet I assure you that I was
glad, profoundly glad, to see you safe from danger for a time at
least. To gain time is everything. . . ."
"I ask myself," Mr. Travers meditated aloud, "was I ever in
danger? Am I safe now? I don't know. I can't tell. No! All this
seems an abominable farce."
There was that in his tone which made his wife continue to look
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