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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: family. Though vexed with my forgetfulness (it would be rather
awkward to explain) I couldn't help thinking that it had procured
me a more amusing evening. And besides - business. The sacred
business -.
In a barefooted negro who overtook me at a run and bolted down the
landing-steps I recognised Jacobus's boatman, who must have been
feeding in the kitchen. His usual "Good-night, sah!" as I went up
my ship's ladder had a more cordial sound than on previous
occasions.
CHAPTER V
I kept my word to Jacobus. I haunted his home. He was perpetually
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