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`` I will . '' And Antony and Silencieux laughed softly together by the sea . Many days Antony and Silencieux stayed together by the sea . They loved it together in all its changes , in sun and rain , in wild wind and dreamy calm ; at morning when it shone like a spirit , at evening when it flickered like a ghost , at noon when it lay asleep curled up like a woman in the arms of the land . Sometimes at evening they sat in the little fishing harbour , watching the incoming boats , till the sky grew sad with rigging and old men 's faces . Then at last Silencieux said : `` I am weary of the sea . Let us go to the town -- to the lights and the sad cries of the human waves . ''