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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: her hands. "Do not speak so, mother; it could not be."
"Then," went on Mrs. Almayer, steadily, "to that woman, Nina,
show no mercy."
She moved the canoe down towards the stream by the gunwale, and
gripped it with both her hands, the bow pointing into the river.
"Are you crying?" she asked sternly of her daughter, who sat
still with covered face. "Arise, and take your paddle, for he
has waited long enough. And remember, Nina, no mercy; and if you
must strike, strike with a steady hand."
She put out all her strength, and swinging her body over the
water, shot the light craft far into the stream. When she
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