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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: heard my mother talk so often that I seem to know all about it.
We shall live a--a glorious life. You shall see."
Again he stood silent by his daughter's side looking at that
enchanting vision. After a while he shook his clenched hand
towards the sleeping settlement.
"Ah! my friend Abdulla," he cried, "we shall see who will have
the best of it after all these years!"
He looked up the river and remarked calmly:
"Another thunderstorm. Well! No thunder will keep me awake
to-night, I know! Good-night, little girl," he whispered,
tenderly kissing her cheek. "You do not seem to be very happy
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