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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: flap, and had a glimpse of the men down there crouching round the
hatch. They looked up scared, and at that moment the Frenchman
outside the door bellowed out 'TRAHISON - TRAHISON!' They bolted
out of the cabin, falling over each other and swearing awfully.
The shot Davidson let off down the skylight had hit no one; but he
ran to the edge of the cabin-top and at once opened fire at the
dark shapes rushing about the deck. These shots were returned, and
a rapid fusillade burst out, reports and flashes, Davidson dodging
behind a ventilator and pulling the trigger till his revolver
clicked, and then throwing it down to take the other in his right
hand.
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