“I've been asking you to,”the boy told him gently.“I have not wished to open the container until you were ready.”“I'm ready now,”the old man said.“ I only needed time to wash.”
“I think they are equal.”
“There is no such fish if you are still strong as you say.”“I may not be as strong as I think,”the old man said.“ But I know many tricks and I have resolution.”
“They lost today,”the boy told him.
“Good night then.I will wake you in the morning.”
“We'll put the gear in the boat and then get some.”
“That's very kind of you,”the old man said.“Should we eat?”
“Because he came here the most times,”the old man said.“If Durocher had continued to come here each year your father would think him the greatest manager.”
“How did you sleep old man?”the boy asked.He was waking up now although it was still hard for him to leave his sleep.
“Supper,”said the boy.“ We're going to have supper.”