Fine line black arrow tattoo on the side of a finger, photographed on a pale hand against a wooden floor.

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Small arrow tattoo on a finger

Fine line · Hand · Black and grey · Photo

A small black arrow runs diagonally along the side of a finger, with a shaft drawn in thin single lines and a solid arrowhead with a notched tail. The ink is crisp and uniform, and the tattoo is the only mark on the hand. The hand is shown in a warm, slightly faded photograph with a wooden floor in the background.

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Dear Tom,

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Mr Halloran has finally let me fletch the good shafts, the ash ones he keeps under the counter for the county shoot. I have been plucking goose feathers since March and my thumbs are still raw from the glue, but this morning he set a cedar shaft in front of me and said, "Straight is a habit, lad, not a gift." I have been practising it on the back step ever since.

You will laugh, but the nock took me longest. You cut the little groove so the string sits without slipping, then bind the head on with thread waxed over a candle and wait for it to cure. Halloran says a head that wobbles will miss a deer at forty yards. He once showed me a broadhead he had pulled from a pheasant in 1931, and I have not forgotten the look of it.

Mum came in on Saturday with the bread and watched me work. She asked whether I meant to stay in Marlow Cross for good. I told her I was only making arrows, not deciding anything, and she gave me the look she keeps for weather. I did not tell her the truth, which is that I like the quiet of a shop where every bit of work shows.

Your train is Thursday, I know. I have wrapped the best of them in brown paper, the one with the dark crest feathers and the head set true. Aim it at something worth the flight, and when the boat leaves the harbour, keep your eye on the far mark, the way Halloran taught me.

Your brother, Dan

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