A Matter of Interest Robert
by William Chambers
2020-05-27 16:30:08
A Matter of Interest Robert
by William Chambers
2020-05-27 16:30:08
The Purple Emperor watched me in silence. I cast again, spinning out six feet more of waterproof silk, and, as the line hissed through the air far across the pool, I saw my three flies fall on the water like drifting thistledown. The Purple Emperor s...
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The Purple Emperor watched me in silence. I cast again, spinning out six feet more of waterproof silk, and, as the line hissed through the air far across the pool, I saw my three flies fall on the water like drifting thistledown. The Purple Emperor sneered. You see, he said, I am right. There is not a trout in Brittany that will rise to a tailed fly. They do in America, I replied. Zut! for America! observed the Purple Emperor. And trout take a tailed fly in England, I insisted sharply. Now do I care what things or people do in England? demanded the Purple Emperor. You don't care for anything except yourself and your wriggling caterpillars, I said, more annoyed than I had yet been.
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