Part 3, final paragraph
'The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds... seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.' The final image collapses the distinction between civilized Europe and savage Africa.
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From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The frame narrator closes the tale by returning to the Thames, which now seems to flow into the same darkness Marlow has described.
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