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THE SEASIDE.
DIAMOND and his mother sat down upon the edge of the rough grass that bordered the sand.

The sun was just far enough past its highest not to shine in their eyes when they looked eastward.

A sweet little wind blew on their left side, and comforted the mother without letting her know what it was that comforted her.

Away before them stretched the sparkling waters of the ocean, every wave of which flashed out its own delight back in the face of the great sun, which looked down from the stillness of its blue house with glorious silent face upon its flashing children.
On each hand the shore rounded outwards, forming a little bay.