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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: of the sleeping woods, and the three stood still as if waiting
for the return of silence before they would give expression to
their various feelings. At the appearance of Nina, Almayer's arm
fell by his side, and he made a step forward. Dain pushed the
girl gently aside.
"Am I a wild beast that you should try to kill me suddenly and in
the dark, Tuan Almayer?" said Dain, breaking the strained
silence. "Throw some brushwood on the fire," he went on,
speaking to Nina, "while I watch my white friend, lest harm
should come to you or to me, O delight of my heart!"
Almayer ground his teeth and raised his arm again. With a quick
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