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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: He was quite anxious; but Flora as a matter of fact congratulated
herself on the absence of Mrs. Brown. No sooner had she closed the
door of her state-room than she murmured fervently, "Yes! Thank
goodness, she is gone." There would be no gentle knock, followed by
her appearance with her equivocal stare and the intolerable: "Can I
do anything for you, ma'am?" which poor Flora had learned to fear
and hate more than any voice or any words on board that ship--her
only refuge from the world which had no use for her, for her
imperfections and for her troubles.
Mrs. Brown had been very much vexed at her dismissal. The Browns
were a childless couple and the arrangement had suited them
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