And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke.

I watched as it passed by.

Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.

And that woman (God bless her), a real skinny ugliness, with dyed black hair like a gypsy, and a tongue that ran stoplessly on relentless ball-bearings, was so jealous of Little Hannah that, if it were only possible, she would have ripped and hacked her to pieces just with her eyes.