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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: stillness of the mouse - a grimly determined mouse. But he could
not shake off that premonition of evil unrelated to the mere danger
of the situation. Nothing happened. It had been an illusion!
"A curiosity came to him to learn how they would go to work. He
wondered and wondered, till the whole thing seemed more absurd than
ever.
"He had left the hanging lamp in the cabin burning as usual. It
was part of his plan that everything should be as usual. Suddenly
in the dim glow of the skylight panes a bulky shadow came up the
ladder without a sound, made two steps towards the hammock (it hung
right over the skylight), and stood motionless. The Frenchman!
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