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The Inheritors
by Joseph Conrad
A young writer dabbling in journalism meets a strange, otherworldly woman with long-term political goals.
Opening
A few passages to enter the atmosphere.
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“Ideas,” she said. “Oh, as for ideas—”
“Well?” I hazarded, “as for ideas—?”
We went through the old gateway and I cast a glance over my shoulder. The noon sun was shining over the masonry, over the little saints’ effigies, over the little fretted canopies, the grime and the white streaks of bird-dropping.
“There,” I said, pointing toward it, “doesn’t that suggest something to you?”
She made a motion with her head—half negative, half contemptuous.
The Inheritors
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