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nicer question : my name is , and I intend to 



stay long enough in your company, if I find you do 

 not dislike mine, to ask your's too. In the mean 

 time, because we are now almost at Ashbourn, I shall 

 freely and bluntly tell you, that I am a Brother of 

 the Angle too ; and, peradventure, can give you 

 some instructions How to Angle for a Trout in a 

 Clear River, that my Father Walton himself will not 

 disapprove ; though he did either purposely omit, or 

 did not remember, them, when you and he sat dis- 

 coursing under the sycamore tree. And, being you 

 have already told me whither your journey is in- 

 tended, and that I am better acquainted with the 

 country than you are ; I will heartily and earnestly 

 entreat you will not think of staying at this town, 

 but go on with me six miles further to my house, 

 where you shall be extremely welcome ; it is di- 

 rectly in your way ; we have day enough to per- 

 form our journey, and, as you like your entertain- 

 ment, you may there repose yourself a day or two, 

 or as many more as your occasions will permit, 

 to recompense the trouble of so much a longer 

 journey. 



Viat. Sir, you surprise me with so friendly an 

 invitation upon so short acquaintance : but how 

 advantageous soever it would be to me, and that 

 my haste, perhaps, is not so great, but it might 

 dispense with such a divertisement as I promise 

 myself in your company ; yet I cannot, in modesty. 



