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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: north.
Antonia was on the watch on that side. But she did not keep a very
good watch. The sun was setting; she knew that her young mistress
and the captain of the Bonito were about to separate. She was
walking to and fro in the dusky grove with a flower in her hair,
and singing softly to herself, when suddenly, within a foot of her,
the lieutenant appeared from behind a tree. She bounded aside like
a startled fawn, but Heemskirk, with a lucid comprehension of what
she was there for, pounced upon her, and, catching her arm, clapped
his other thick hand over her mouth.
"If you try to make a noise I'll twist your neck!"
'Twixt Land & Sea |
