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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: indications of impending famine disappeared. Their food, as I
afterwards found, was coarse, but it was wholesome; and they
procured a sufficiency of it. Several new kinds of plants sprang
up in the garden, which they dressed; and these signs of comfort
increased daily as the season advanced.
"The old man, leaning on his son, walked each day at noon, when it
did not rain, as I found it was called when the heavens poured
forth its waters. This frequently took place, but a high wind
quickly dried the earth, and the season became far more pleasant
than it had been.
"My mode of life in my hovel was uniform. During the morning
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