Book Excerpt: with your lanky shadow across the water?"Will was up in arms instantly."Do 'e think I doan't knaw my business? Theer 's my shadder 'pon the bank a mile behind you; an' I didn't ope my mouth till you'd fished the stickle to the bottom and missed two rises."This criticism angered the elder man, and he freed his tailfly fiercely from the rush-head that held it."Mind your own affairs and get out of my sight, whoever you are. This river's not what it used to be by a good deal. Over-fished and poached, and not ...
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Book Excerpt: with your lanky shadow across the water?"Will was up in arms instantly."Do 'e think I doan't knaw my business? Theer 's my shadder 'pon the bank a mile behind you; an' I didn't ope my mouth till you'd fished the stickle to the bottom and missed two rises."This criticism angered the elder man, and he freed his tailfly fiercely from the rush-head that held it."Mind your own affairs and get out of my sight, whoever you are. This river's not what it used to be by a good deal. Over-fished and poached, and not looked after, I'll swear."Thus, in ignorance, the sportsman uttered words of all most like to set Will Blanchard's temper loose--a task sufficiently easy at the best of times."What the hell d' you knaw 'bout the river?" he flamed out. "And as to 'my affairs, ' 't is my affairs, an' I be water-bailiff, an' I'll thank you for the number of your ticket--so now then!""What's become of Morgan?" asked the other."He 'm fust, I be second; and 't is my jobRead Mor
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Used-Good. Good hardback in quarter vellum. Widecombe edition of Eden Phillpotts's Dartmoor novels; volume eight. Green paper-boards with quarter vellum & gilt titles on spine. Boards mottled, & worn at corners; vellum a little discoloured; spine softened at head & foot; fore-corners worn. Light foxing present; Some pages uncut with uneven edges, as published; no inscriptions. Very well preserved frontispiece with original tissue guard.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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