Quotation from: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Written by: Joseph Conrad


"You, to speak plainly, are the only man," the doctor pursued. "It is
in your power to save this town and . . . everybody from the destructive
rapacity of men who--"


"No, senor," said Nostromo, sullenly. "It is not in my power to get the
treasure back for you to give up to Sotillo, or Pedrito, or Gamacho.
What do I know?"


"Nobody expects the impossible," was the answer.

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