raphs seem like an introduction to the essay, but make no clear comments as to exactly what will be discussed. In these paragraphs he mentions the puzzling nature of the title and how it can have three different meanings. He states these as being: "a secret shared; a sharer who is secret; and a sharer who reveals a secret"(128). He also makes reference to matters of telling and listening in regards to the narrator, narratee, and Conrad himself as three audiences in the story. There is also mention of "ethical dimensions of Conrad's narrative in events in the story, and in its the telling and reception"(129).
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