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"It is wonderful how one doesn't get bored, here at the seashore, Morten. Imagine lying anywhere else for hours at a time, flat on your back, doing nothing, not even thinking -- "
"Yes. But I must confess that I used to be bored sometimes -- only not in the last few weeks."