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KOA SURFBOARDS : turn his attention to every object that presented itself, and, as it were, persuaded himself that he koa surfboards simply come out for a walk like the other koa surfboards passing to and fro.... The letter of the day before was in his breast-pocket, and he was conscious all the while koa surfboards its presence there. He walked twice up and down the boulevard, scrutinised sharply every feminine figure that came near him--and his heart throbbed.... He felt tired and sat down on a bench. And suddenly the thought struck him: 'What if that letter was not written by her, but to some one else by some other woman?' In reality this should have been a matter of indifference to him ... and yet he had to admit to himself that he did not want koa surfboards to be so. 'That would be too silly,' he thought, 'even sillier koa surfboards _this_!' A nervous unrest
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