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which was like a salmon; but he was too 

 strong for my tackle, ran out all my line, 

 and at last broke off by entangling my link 

 in a post in the river. I have been very 

 unlucky! I am sure that fish was larger 

 than the great one you took with the natural 



fly- 



HAL. Come, you have been initiated, 

 and I see begin to take an interest in the 

 sport, and I do not despair of your becoming 

 a distinguished angler. 



PHYS. With time and some patience: 

 but I am sorry I tortured that poor fish 

 without taking him. 



HAL. I dare say you are. 



( They go to dinner.) 



# * # # 



(They return from the house.) 



EVENING. 



HAL. You have, I am sure, Gentlemen, 

 dined well; no one ever dined otherwise in 

 this house. It is a beautiful calm evening, 

 and many fish might be caught where we 



