Small solid black bird tattoo on the side of a finger, photographed against a pale background.

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Small bird tattoo on a finger

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A close photograph of a hand with red painted nails, showing one finger with a tiny solid black bird silhouette on its side near the knuckle. The bird is a simple flat shape in black ink with no visible shading or fine detail. The framing is tight on the finger against a plain, pale background.

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Dear Nell,

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The gannet came back to the stern again this morning, the one with the torn left wing that we have started calling Mr Pask after the net-mender. It hung over the wake for an hour without once beating its wings, just tilting, and I thought of you on the quay with your shawl pulled up. Skipper says it only follows the gutting, but I know better. Birds have no interest in herring unless they are hungry, and he is never hungry, just tired like the rest of us.

We had a poor night off the Dogger. Eleven crans, and the nets came up full of weed. Ferris lost a glove over the side and swore for ten minutes, which Dad says is the most honest prayer a man can make at sea. The cook has started counting the tins again. I have been counting the days too, eighteen since the Hull landing, and I have got as far as the number of times I have read your last letter, which is more than I will admit to the crew.

When we come in on Thursday, I will walk up Coble Row before I go home, and if the light is right you will see me before I see you. Don't wave with a tea towel this time. Just stand where the gulls are thickest and I will know which one is you.

Yours, with salt in my ink, Tom

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