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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: the wall as if not to miss a single movement of a cinematograph
picture. "Spoke nothing but English, anyway. First I saw him -
comes off a ship in dock from the States - passenger. Asks me for
a small hotel near by. Wanted to be quiet and have a look round
for a few days. I took him to a place - friend of mine. . . Next
time - in the City - Hallo! You're very obliging - have a drink.
Talks plenty about himself. Been years in the States. All sorts
of business all over the place. With some patent medicine people,
too. Travels. Writes advertisements and all that. Tells me funny
stories. Tall, loose-limbed fellow. Black hair up on end, like a
brush; long face, long legs, long arms, twinkle in his specs,
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