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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: hand.
"He had been hearing in the din the Frenchman's infuriated yells
'TUEZ-LE! TUEZ-LE!' above the fierce cursing of the others. But
though they fired at him they were only thinking of clearing out.
In the flashes of the last shots Davidson saw them scrambling over
the rail. That he had hit more than one he was certain. Two
different voices had cried out in pain. But apparently none of
them were disabled.
"Davidson leaned against the bulwark reloading his revolver without
haste. He had not the slightest apprehension of their coming back.
On the other hand, he had no intention of pursuing them on shore in
Within the Tides | 
