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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: as the going, when an unexpected accident occurred which rendered
the situation of the explorers very serious.
Just at a moment when Harry was raising his lamp there came
a rush of air, as if caused by the flapping of invisible wings.
The lamp escaped from his hands, fell on the rocky ground,
and was broken to pieces.
James Starr and his companions were suddenly plunged
in absolute darkness. All the oil of the lamp was spilt,
and it was of no further use. "Well, Harry," cried his father,
"do you want us all to break our necks on the way back to the cottage?"
Harry did not answer. He wondered if he ought to suspect
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