The Man Who Laughs Part II, Book the Second, Chapter X - An Outsider's View of Men and Things

In which a peculiar comedian named Gwynplaine, marked by a deformity that isolates him from society yet enriches his soul, finds joy and purpose through his love for the blind Dea and his ability to charm the very crowds that keep him at a distance. As he surveys the vast ocean of human misery around him, his heart is stirred with a tender compassion and a noble, if humble, desire to bring relief through laughter, offering forgetfulness as a balm to suffering.