Chapter 3 Summary

Ike and Greer work for Alice Carmody and her husband, Mike. Mike has gone south to buy a new boat and has been missing for several weeks. In order not to miss the fishing season, Alice, Ike, and Greer put in extra work to make up for Mike's absence. Alice takes Ike's boat, the Sue Z, and Ike and Greer take the old Columbine. Ike and Greer go out to an empty place and catch a lot of fish. While they are out, they drink scoot, a narcotic type of tea, and discuss the events of the last evening, including meeting the strange albino husband of Louise Loop.

Ike tells the story of another albino he met in prison, a man nicknamed St. Nick. He describes the brutal treatment that St. Nick receives in prison. When they come back to the dock, they...