|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: last they came to drink in their turn.
The old woman bent over the clear stream, and Nadia,
plunging in her hand, carried it to Marfa's lips. Then she
refreshed herself. They found new life in these welcome
waters. Suddenly Nadia started up; an involuntary cry
escaped her.
Michael Strogoff was there, a few steps from her. It
was he. The dying rays of the sun fell upon him.
At Nadia's cry Michael started. But he had sufficient
command over himself not to utter a word by which he
might have been compromised. And yet, when he saw
| 
