thankful at having escaped out of that terriblewhalebone net of his, from which bourne no travellerreturns ; and Toni went on to the iceberg, wondering. And, when he came near it, it took the form of thegrandest old lady he had ever seen — a white marble VII A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 271 lady,… … Mother Careys children, whom she makes out of thesea-water all day long. He expected, of course—like some grown peoplewho ought to know better—to find her snipping,piecing, fitting, stitching, cobbling, basting, filing,planing, hammering, turning, polishing, moulding, 272 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP.…
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