The vision seemed to enter the house with me-the stretcher, the phanto…

Joseph Conrad
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The vision seemed to enter the house with me-the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshippers, the gloom of the forests, the glitter of the reach between the murky bends, the beat of the drum, regular and muffled like the beating of a heart-the heart of a conquering darkness. ✨ Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness, W. W. Norton & Company
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