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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Chita: A Memory of Last Island by Lafcadio Hearn: blade of the oar, and then bade Carmen light his pipe for him.
His calmness reassured her. For half an hour more, undismayed by
the clamoring of the wind or the calling of the sea, Feliu
silently smoked his pipe and watched his oar. The water rose a
little higher, and he made another mark;--then it climbed a
little more, but not so rapidly; and he smiled at Carmen as he
made a third mark. "Como creia!" he exclaimed, "no hay porque
asustarse: el agua baja!" And as Carmen would have continued to
pray, he rebuked her fears, and bade her try to obtain some rest:
"Basta ya de plegarios, querida!--vete y duerme." His tone,
though kindly, was imperative; and Carmen, accustomed to obey
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