Eden Phillpotts
Published: 2018-06-30
Total Pages: 612
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Children of the Mist Volume 1 By Eden Phillpotts 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 job We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.