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broken. Laughter broke It; the laughter which, 

 by dissolving sorrow and death In life, prevents an 

 awful accumulation of them In the mind of man. 



The search was given up. 'He've a-drlfted 

 out to sea, an' I reckon that's the best could 

 happen.' 



But the very next day, In Its own time, the sea 

 just chucked him up at the feet of a woman who 

 was sitting In the sunshine on the beach. 



It was not much damaged — only the fingers 

 and toes. 



