roland did n't know for sure , but guessed that few if any hungover drunks and wife-beaters anywhere else in mid-world woke up to such picturesque views : a line of many-colored boathouses to the south , the docks directly below , with boys and old men line-fishing while the women mended nets and sails ; beyond them , hambry 's small fleet moving back and forth on the sparkling blue water of the bay , setting their nets in the morning , pulling them in the afternoon .