text:  Whilst sitting at his window and gazing with something of delight upon the broad and smooth blue sea--for who can look criminal though he be upon that glorious sheet in summer time when the sky is bright with beauty and the golden sun is high and not lose somewhat of the heavy sense of guilt--not glow it may be with returning gush of childhood's innocence long absent and coming now only to reproach and then depart?--whilst sitting there and thus the sick man's notice was invited to a crowd of yelling boys who had amongst them one the tallest of their number whom they dragged along for punishment or sport