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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: very unexpected. Annoyed at being left in the background, and also
because very little drink made him nasty, the emotional Willie
turned malignant all at once, and in a bibulous tone surprising in
a man able to keep his balance so well -
"Aha! But you haven't got him here - not yet!" he sneered. "No!
You haven't got him yet."
This outrageous exhibition was to the Editor like the lash to a
jaded horse. He positively jumped.
"What of that? What do you mean? We - haven't - got - him - here.
Of course he isn't here! But Geoffrey's schooner is here. She can
be sent at once to fetch him here. No! Stay! There's a better
Within the Tides | 
