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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: pyjamas. I bought him six white suits and two pairs of canvas
shoes. Can't clear the ship without a mate. Must have somebody.
I am going on shore presently to sign him on, and I shall take him
with me as I go back on board to get under way. Now, I am a
lunatic - am I not? Mad, of course. Come on! Lay it on thick.
Let yourself go. I like to see you get excited."
He so evidently expected me to scold that I took especial pleasure
in exaggerating the calmness of my attitude.
"The worst that can be brought up against Schultz," I began,
folding my arms and speaking dispassionately, "is an awkward habit
of stealing the stores of every ship he has ever been in. He will
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