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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. 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
hind the reed and meadowsweet; creeping between a hornbeam hedge and a foot-wide strip of bank, where he could see the trout, but where they could not distinguish him from the background; lying almost on his stomach to switch the blue-upright sidewise through the checkered shadows of a gravelly ripple under overarching trees. But he had known every inch of the water since he was four feet high. The aged and astute between sunk roots, with the large and fat that lay in the frothy scum below some strong rush of water, sucking as lazily as carp, came to trouble in their turn, at the hand that imitated so delicately 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. M CROUCHING BEHIND THE REED AND MEADOW SUITE CREEPING BETWEEN A HORNBEAM HEDGE AND A FOOT WIDE STRIP OF BANK WHERE HE COULD SEE THE TROUT BUT WHERE THEY COULD NOT DISTINGUISH HIM FROM THE BACKGROUND LYING ALMOST ON HIS STOMACH TO SWITCH THE BLUE UPRIGHT SIDEWAYS THROUGH THE CHEQUERED SHADOWS OF A GRAVELLY RIPPLE UNDER OVERARCHING TREES BUT HE HAD KNOWN EVERY INCH OF THE WATER SINCE HE WAS FOUR FEET HIGH THE AGED AND ASTUTE BETWEEN SUNK ROOTS WITH THE LARGE AND FAT THAT LAY IN THE FROTHY SCUM BELOW SOME STRONG RUSH OF WATER SUCKING AS LAZILY AS CARP CAME TO TROUBLE IN THEIR TURN AT THE HAND THAT IMITATED SO DELICATELY 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
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