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Heart of Darkness - Conrad, Joseph ยท 74 words
We broke down as I had expected and had to lie up for repairs at the head of an island. This delay was the first thing that shook Kurtzs confidence. One morning he gave me a packet of papers and a photograph the lot tied together with a shoe string. Keep this for me, he said. This noxious fool meaning the manager is capable of prying into my boxes when I am not looking.
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