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For the man dwelt in a lost land Of boulders and broken men. -- Chesterton.
They came to a forbidding, bleak coast that loomed high above the galley. The cold winds of Autumn filled the sails and let the weary oarsmen rest. The sea turned smoothly gray, surging in long, foamless swells under a blue-gray sky. The sun gave little heat. The crew turned gratefully to the ship's stock -- oil and wine and woven stuff, finding warmth and comfort in it.