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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: at once. But if your Excellency prefers it I will return in, say,
seven years' time when I may perhaps be old enough to talk about
grave matters."
He didn't stir hand or foot and not even the quiver of an eyelid
proved that he had heard my shockingly unbecoming retort.
"You have been recommended to us by a noble and loyal lady, in whom
His Majesty - whom God preserve - reposes an entire confidence.
God will reward her as she deserves and you, too, Senor, according
to the disposition you bring to this great work which has the
blessing (here he crossed himself) of our Holy Mother the Church."
"I suppose your Excellency understands that in all this I am not
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