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Reflect : the sea must float the light weed after it could move him no more . He should be stogged in the sand nearer the sea . '' Brady , however , contested this criticism , and so the talk wore on until the men separated . But the Irishman called on Barron after midday dinner and together they strolled through Newlyn toward the neighboring village . Chance brought them face to face with two persons more vital to the narrative than themselves , and , pausing to chronicle the event of the meeting , we may leave the artists and follow those whom they encountered . Gray Michael kept ashore on Sundays , and today , having come off the sea at dawn , was not again putting forth until next morning . He had attended meeting with his wife , his daughter and his son ; he had dined also , and was now walking over to Mousehole that he might bring some religious comfort to a sorely stricken Luke Gospeler -- a young sheep but lately won to the fold and who now lay at the point of death .