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But the little boat ran on and on till it lay in a deep fresh water lock, the sides of which were carven marble, green with moss. BUT THE LITTLE BOAT RAN ON AND ON TILL IT LAY IN A DEEP FRESH WATER LOCK THE SIDES OF WHICH WERE CARVEN MARBLE GREEN WITH MOSS
ght on the wall, dripping with fright; and he never overcame that horror, though he met the Policeman several times that hot weather, and his coming was the forerunner of a bad night. But other dreams—perfectly absurd ones—filled him with an incommunicable delight. All those that he remembered began by the brushwood-pile. For instance, he found a small clockwork steamer (he had noticed it many nights before) lying by the sea-road, and stepped into it, whereupon it moved with surpassing swiftness over an absolutely level sea. This was glorious, for he felt he was exploring great matters; and it stopped by a lily carved in stone, which, most naturally, floated on the water. Seeing the lily was labelled “Hong-Kong,” Georgie said: “Of course. This is precisely what I expected Hong-Kong would be like. How magnificent!” Thousands of miles farther on it halted at yet another stone lily, labelled “Java”; and this, again, delighted him hugely, because he knew that now he was at the world’s end. E FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING AT THE MOONLIGHT ON THE WALL DRIPPING WITH FRIGHT AND HE NEVER OVERCAME THAT HORROR THOUGH HE MET THE POLICEMAN SEVERAL TIMES THAT HOT WEATHER AND HIS COMING WAS THE FORERUNNER OF A BAD NIGHT BUT OTHER DREAMS PERFECTLY ABSURD ONES FILLED HIM WITH AN INCOMMUNICABLE DELIGHT ALL THOSE THAT HE REMEMBERED BEGAN BY THE BRUSHWOOD PILE FOR INSTANCE HE FOUND A SMALL CLOCKWORK STEAMER HE HAD NOTICED IT MANY NIGHTS BEFORE LYING BY THE SEA ROAD AND STEPPED INTO IT WHEREUPON IT MOVED WITH SURPASSING SWIFTNESS OVER AN ABSOLUTELY LEVEL SEA THIS WAS GLORIOUS FOR HE FELT HE WAS EXPLORING GREAT MATTERS AND IT STOPPED BY A LILY CARVED IN STONE WHICH MOST NATURALLY FLOATED ON THE WATER SEEING THE LILY WAS LABELED HONG KONG GEORGIE SAID OF COURSE THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT I EXPECTED HONG KONG WOULD BE LIKE HOW MAGNIFICENT THOUSANDS OF MILES FURTHER ON IT HALTED AT YET ANOTHER STONE LILY LABELLED JAVA AND THIS AGAIN DELIGHTED HIM HUGELY BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT NOW HE WAS AT THE WORLD'S END
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