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"Half past ten, by Jove! HALF PAST TEN BY JOVE
gg-dropping fly. Consequently, Georgie found himself five miles from home when he ought to have been dressing for dinner. The housekeeper had taken good care that her boy should not go empty, and before he changed to the white moth he sat down to excellent claret with sandwiches of potted egg and things that adoring women make and men never notice. Then back, to surprise the otter grubbing for fresh-water mussels, the rabbits on the edge of the beechwoods foraging in the clover, and the policeman-like white owl stooping to the little fieldmice, till the moon was strong, and he took his rod apart, and went home through well-remembered gaps in the hedges. He fetched a compass round the house, for, though he might have broken every law of the establishment every hour, the law of his boyhood was unbreakable: after fishing you went in by the south garden back-door, cleaned up in the outer scullery, and did not present yourself to your elders and your betters till you had washed and changed. THE FLICKER AND WIMPLE OF AN EGG DROPPING FLY CONSEQUENTLY GEORGIE FOUND HIMSELF FIVE MILES FROM HOME WHEN HE OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DRESSING FOR DINNER THE HOUSEKEEPER HAD TAKEN GOOD CARE THAT HER BOY SHOULD NOT GO EMPTY AND BEFORE HE CHANGED TO THE WHITE MOTH HE SAT DOWN TO EXCELLENT CLARET WITH SANDWICHES OF POTTED EGG AND THINGS THAT ADORING WOMEN MAKE AND MEN NEVER NOTICE THEN BACK TO SURPRISE THE OTTER GRUBBING FOR FRESH WATER MUSSELS THE RABBITS ON THE EDGE OF THE BEECH WOODS FORAGING IN THE CLOVER AND THE POLICEMAN LIKE WHITE OWL STOOPING TO THE LITTLE FIELD MICE TILL THE MOON WAS STRONG AND HE TOOK HIS ROD APART AND WENT HOME THROUGH WELL REMEMBERED GAPS IN THE HEDGES HE FETCHED A COMPASS ROUND THE HOUSE FOR THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE BROKEN EVERY LAW OF THE ESTABLISHMENT EVERY HOUR THE LAW OF HIS BOYHOOD WAS UNBREAKABLE AFTER FISHING HE WENT IN BY THE SOUTH GARDEN BACK DOOR CLEANED UP IN THE OUTER SCULLERY AND DID NOT PRESENT YOURSELF TO ELDERS NE'BETTOS TILL YOU HAD WASHED AND CHANGED
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