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TO the amazement of them all, Moreau began to laugh. Up till now he had been alert, competent and without expression. Stolidity had been the mark of him. And now he laughed in great gusts, holding his sides and then wringing his hands, as though the humour of things was altogether unbearable. Once or twice he tried to speak, but laughter leaped upon the words and drowned them.
-"What in the world is the matter with you, Nicolas?" Hanaud asked.