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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: right stump, the armed one, out of his pocket, and swinging his
body to put greater force into the blow, bring the seven-pound
weight down on the hammock where the head of the sleeper ought to
have been.
"Davidson admitted to me that his hair stirred at the roots then.
But for Anne, his unsuspecting head would have been there. The
Frenchman's surprise must have been simply overwhelming. He
staggered away from the lightly swinging hammock, and before
Davidson could make a movement he had vanished, bounding down the
ladder to warn and alarm the other fellows.
"Davidson sprang instantly out of the boat, threw up the skylight
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