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Heart of Darkness - Conrad, Joseph ยท 50 words
One evening coming in with a candle I was startled to hear him say a little tremulously, I am lying here in the dark waiting for death. The light was within a foot of his eyes. I forced myself to murmur, Oh, nonsense. and stood over him as if transfixed.
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