Captain Harold Ames
Harbour pilot, retired master mariner
- Age
- 58
- From
- New England
- Lives
- Seamen's Bethel & Rest
- Now
- Between investigations
Before Arkham's business
Forty years at sea: Grand Banks, the China run, a wreck off Sable Island he does not discuss. Now brings the coal boats up to the Basin and stays ashore.
Laconic, weather-wise, unshockable. Speaks in forecasts.
Afraid of
Confined spaces under water · Being useless ashore
Believes
The sea keeps what it wants. So does the river.
From the journal
Marblehead. Bought a postcard of the harbour to send to Arkham, and then did not send it. The harbourmaster wants the pilots in uniform caps. I have told him where he may stow his cap.
Marblehead. Walked for three hours and did not once look over my shoulder. Counted it a victory. Barometer at 29.8 and falling. Told everyone at the Bethel.
Marblehead. Quiet here. I don't think about Arkham much. Young Delgado fought on Saturday. Won in three.