Back view of a woman with a ponytail and grey vest top, showing a small black fine line anchor tattoo on her upper shoulder.

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Small anchor tattoo on the shoulder

Fine line · Shoulder · Black and grey · Photo

A woman seen from behind, with her hair tied in a ponytail and wearing a grey sleeveless top. A small, solid black anchor sits on the upper back near the shoulder blade. The linework is thin and clean, with no shading, against a dark grey wall.

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Dear Ruth, the rain has been coming sideways down Fishmarket Row since Tuesday, and the stalls have had nobody under them but gulls. I sold the last of the mackerel to Mrs Penhallow for half price because she said she'd take it off my hands or see me in the chapel, and I took it, because half price is still money.

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Dad's barrow is still chained to the railing by the clock. I've not had the heart to wheel it home. Every morning I unlock the padlock with the key on his string and stand a minute under the awning, listening to the drain gargle, and then I open up anyway. Someone has to be seen to open up.

Yesterday a lad came up from the docks asking whether the Maud Ellen had been reported. I said no, she's not come in, and he said the same about the Gannet, and then he stood there dripping with his cap in both hands like a boy at a funeral. I gave him a bag of cockles for nothing. I don't know what else you do.

Your letter came Thursday, soaked through at one corner, so the anchor you drew at the bottom is smudged to a bruise. I know what you meant by it. Hold fast, you wrote, then crossed it out and wrote it again smaller, the way you used to do with your sums. I've pinned it up over the tills where the tide tables go. Come home when the weather lets you, and bring that stubborn heart of yours back in one piece.

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