The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter II - Our First Rough Sketches Filled In

In which a diverse company of wanderers, bound by Basque fraternity and marked by the wear of a hard life, escape together by sea under a heavy but quiet sky, their spirits varying from restless gaiety to solemn contemplation. Among them is an inscrutable old man, whose grave aspect and inscrutable gaze hint at depths of thought and feeling that elude easy understanding.