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The journey wore on to the coast of Canada. Gaspe was not far off when, still held back by the constitutional tendency of the Norman not to close a bargain till compelled to do so, Jean Jacques sat with Carmen far forward on the deck, where the groaning Antoine broke the waters into sullen foam. There they silently watched the sunset, golden, purple and splendid -- and ominous, as the captain knew.
"Look, the end of life -- like that! " said Jean Jacques oratorically with a wave of the hand towards the prismatic radiance.