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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: He drew a breath, and I noticed his hand, lying loosely on the
table, close slowly into a fist. In that immovable man it was
startling, ominous, like the famed nod of the Commander.
"So, already at that time - note - already," he growled.
"But hold on," I interrupted. "The Sagamore belonged to Mundy and
Rogers, I've been told."
He snorted contemptuously. "Damn boatmen - know no better. Flew
the firm's HOUSE-FLAG. That's another thing. Favour. It was like
this: When old man Dunbar died, Captain Harry was already in
command with the firm. George chucked the bank he was clerking in
- to go on his own with what there was to share after the old chap.
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