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olive branch, apologised, and said he would not 

 do it again. We were all immensely relieved. 

 One wanted to tell Mr. Ibsen to come out of the 

 corner. The incident closed in a burst of laughter 

 when I handed the sea-trout to Mrs. Thorwald- 

 sen, with a request to let us have it for dinner. 

 We took five more nets in the next fortnight. 

 These people cannot regard poaching seriously. 



