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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: her."
The stare of extreme surprise imparted an air of ferocity also to
his eyes, and he looked truly terrific for a moment.
"We're not doing well in the middle of the gulf," I continued,
casually. "I am going to look for the land breezes to-night."
"Bless my soul! Do you mean, sir, in the dark amongst the lot of
all them islands and reefs and shoals?"
"Well - if there are any regular land breezes at all on this coast
one must get close inshore to find them, mustn't one?"
"Bless my soul!" he exclaimed again under his breath. All that
afternoon he wore a dreamy, contemplative appearance which in him
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