Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at the rest.
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"Catch 'im," he snapped, with a bloodshot widening of his eyes and a flash of sharp teeth—"catch 'im. Give 'im to us."
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The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
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