The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: employment in this desert!"
"Friend," said Nadia, "you must go on with us."
"I must indeed!" replied Nicholas. "The wire is no
doubt still working between Oudinsk and Irkutsk, and
there -- Shall we start, little father?"
"Let us wait till to-morrow," answered Michael.
"You are right," said Nicholas. "We have the Yenisei
to cross, and need light to see our way there!"
"To see!" murmured Nadia, thinking of her blind com-
panion.
Nicholas heard her, and turning to Michael, "Forgive
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