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We 'll get a couple more abalones for supper , and then put off . '' That was the only talk of moment they had during the afternoon . All the rest of their conversation had been of those things that immediately occupied their attention . They regained the schooner toward five o'clock , to find the Chinamen perplexed and mystified . No explanation was forthcoming , and Charlie gave them supper in preoccupied silence . As they were eating the abalones , which Moran had fried in batter , Charlie said : `` Shark all gone ! No more catch um -- him all gone . ''