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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: her foremast, a green on the starboard side, and a red on the outside.
She was evidently running straight on the rocks.
"A ship in distress?" said Ryan.
"Ay," answered one of the fishermen, "and now they want to tack,
but it's too late!"
"Do they want to run ashore?" said another.
"It seems so," responded one of the fishermen, "unless he has
been misled by some--"
The man was interrupted by a yell from Jack. Could the crew
have heard it? At any rate, it was too late for them to beat back
from the line of breakers which gleamed white in the darkness.
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