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Updated: May 21, 2025

His eyes were on the shifting green waves. "I never put down a net nor a lobster-pot that I didn't see 'em bein' chewed up or knocked to pieces. I'd see a shark a-swimmin' right through a big hole rip-p tear. I could see it as plain as if I was down there under the water all kind o' green and cool, and things swimmin' through it.

Jennette Lee - Uncle William: the man who was shif'less