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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. 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
!” But things were not as bad as he had expected. The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved. A three-quarter-pounder at the second cast set him for the campaign, and he worked down-stream, crouching behind 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.  ME IF I WAS A TROUT BUT THINGS WERE NOT AS BAD AS HE HAD EXPECTED THE BLACK GNAT WAS ON THE WATER AND THE WATER WAS STRICTLY PRESERVED A THREE QUARTER POUNDER AT HIS SECOND CAST SET HIM FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND HE WORKED DOWNSTREAM 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
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