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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: "No! never mind."
My object was attained, as of course my other self in there would have heard
everything that passed. During this interlude my two officers never raised
their eyes off their respective plates; but the lip of that confounded cub,
the second mate, quivered visibly.
I expected the steward to hook my coat on and come out at once.
He was very slow about it; but I dominated my nervousness
sufficiently not to shout after him. Suddenly I became aware
(it could be heard plainly enough) that the fellow for some reason
or other was opening the door of the bathroom. It was the end.
The place was literally not big enough to swing a cat in.
The Secret Sharer | 
