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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: road, and it leads us away from this miserable swamp. We shall
soon get away from here, I and you, my dear little girl, and then
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He rose from the table and stood looking fixedly before him as if
contemplating some enchanting vision.
"And then," he went on, "we shall be happy, you and I. Live rich
and respected far from here, and forget this life, and all this
struggle, and all this misery!"
He approached his daughter and passed his hand caressingly over
her hair.
"It is bad to have to trust a Malay," he said, "but I must own
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