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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: mortification the lieutenant put it in his pocket, as one of the
proofs of Dain's death, to be sent in with the official report of
the mission. Babalatchi's ring was also impounded for the same
purpose, but the experienced statesman was resigned to that loss
from the very beginning. He did not mind as long as he was sure,
that the white men believed. He put that question to himself
earnestly as he left, one of the last, when the proceedings came
to a close. He was not certain. Still, if they believed only
for a night, he would put Dain beyond their reach and feel safe
himself. He walked away fast, looking from time to time over his
shoulder in the fear of being followed, but he saw and heard
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