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Cudjo naturally drew back, placing himself out of reach, and this enraged the overseer. He believed that tomorrow would be better, that he would find a permanent job with a decent wage, that the girls would study in school, and that his next child would be a boy. With studied care he passed the spade along to Hiram Cater, to Martin Caveny, to Amos Turlock and, finally, to the Paxmore boys. True, in these years the world experienced panics and wars, and revolutions and contested elections, but these had al­most no impact on the somnolent estuaries and secluded coves.