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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: of the event I did not dawdle. And yet I was not in a hurry. I
pulled the cord casually and while the faint tinkling somewhere
down in the basement went on, I charged my pipe in the usual way
and I looked for the matchbox with glances distraught indeed but
exhibiting, I am ready to swear, no signs of a fine frenzy. I
was composed enough to perceive after some considerable time the
matchbox lying there on the mantelpiece right under my nose. And
all this was beautifully and safely usual. Before I had thrown
down the match my landlady's daughter appeared with her calm,
pale face and an inquisitive look, in the doorway. Of late it
was the landlady's daughter who answered my bell. I mention this
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