第10章 The Old Mans Return[第3頁/共8頁]

She's good,he thought.She is sound and not harmed in any way except for the tiller.That is easily replaced .

“Sleeping,”the boy called.He did not care that they saw him crying.“ Let no one disturb him.”

“I know how to care for them. In the night I spat something strange and felt something in my chest was broken.”

“The hell with luck,”the boy said.“I'll bring the luck with me.”

“We must get a good killing lance and always have it on board.You can make the blade from a spring leaf from an old Ford.We can grind it in Guanabacoa.It should be sharp and not tempered so it will break.My knife broke.”

“Now we fish together again.”

“How is he?”one of the fishermen shouted.

“I didn't know sharks had such handsome,beautifully formed tails.”

“Don't sit up.”the boy said.“Drink this.”He poured some of the coffee in a glass.

“Don't forget to tell Pedrico the head is his.”

He went into the Terrace and asked for a can of coffee.

“Get that well too,”the boy said.“Lie down,old man, and I will bring you your clean shirt.And something to eat.”“Bring any of the papers of the time that I was gone,”the old man said.