|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: rain answered.
"And as I turned away to shut the door he pro-
nounced the word 'Merciful!' and expired.
"Eventually I certified heart-failure as the im-
mediate cause of death. His heart must have in-
deed failed him, or else he might have stood this
night of storm and exposure, too. I closed his eyes
and drove away. Not very far from the cottage I
met Foster walking sturdily between the dripping
hedges with his collie at his heels.
"'Do you know where your daughter is?' I
Amy Foster | 
