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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. 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
here he would have been sheltered, and that this Policeman-Thing had full power and authority to head him back to miserable wakefulness. He 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 labelled “Hong-Kong,” Georgie said: “Of course. This is precisely what I expected Hong-Kong would be like. How magnificent!” THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY ASLEEP WHERE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHELTERED AND THAT THIS POLICEMAN THING HAD FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO HEAD HIM BACK TO MISERABLE WAKEFULNESS HE 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
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