albert , who had been one of our lady of serene waters ' stalwarts since the days of old father o'neal , was getting on now , his once-black hair turning salt-and-pepper , his broad shoulders sloping in a way they never had in his young days , but he was still a man of imposing size-at six feet , seven inches tall and two hundred and eighty pounds , he was the biggest man in town , if not the entire county .