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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: Hundred and twenty-three days from Cardiff."
We looked at him in surprise.
"The tugboat skipper told me when he came on board
for your letters, sir," explained the young man.
"He expects to take her up the river the day after tomorrow."
After thus overwhelming us with the extent of his information
he slipped out of the cabin. The mate observed regretfully
that he "could not account for that young fellow's whims."
What prevented him telling us all about it at once,
he wanted to know.
I detained him as he was making a move. For the last two days the crew had
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