Quotation from: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Written by: Joseph Conrad


In the face of the open gulf, the sun, clear, unclouded, unaltered,
plunged into the waters in a grave and untroubled mystery of
self-immolation consummated far from all mortal eyes, with an infinite
majesty of silence and peace. Four ingots short!--and blood!


The Capataz got up slowly.


"He might simply have cut his hand," he muttered. "But, then----"

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