but hempstock farm is in the doomsday book. your mother said so. that was william the co but hempstock farm is in the doomsday book. your mother said so. that was william the conqueror. yes, she said. she took the dead fish and examined it. it was still soft. it flopped in her hand. i had never seen so many colors. beneath the silver was blue and green and purple. what kind of fish is that? i asked her. this is very odd, she said. i mean, mostly fiction is ocean don't die anyway. she produced a pocket knife. i could not have told you from her. she pushed it into the stomach of the fish and sliced that long. towards the tail. this is what killed her, she said. she took something from inside the fish. then she put it, still greasy from the fish guts and my hand. i bent down, dipping into dipped into the water, rub my fingers across it and i stared at it. queen victoria stared back at me. the fish a sixpence. it's not that common is that? there was a little sunshine and it showed the freckles across her cheeks and nose. were some light touch your head