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Heart of Darkness - Conrad, Joseph ยท 75 words
I flew around like mad to get ready, and before forty eight hours I was crossing the Channel to show myself to my employers, and sign the contract. In a very few hours I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre. Prejudice no doubt. I had no difficulty in finding the Companys offices. It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it.
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