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time, as it seemed to amuse the onlookers, then I 

 moved my head slightly and he looked round at me. 

 He was the picture of horror and stupefaction, and 

 when I asked him, quite civilly, if he had found my 

 hair nice and soft, he simply vanished, without a 

 word of apology, and I do not remember ever seeing 

 him again during the voyage. 



