We want some place where we can go and come in the same day, and we want to catch fair-sized fish--no minnows." The following half-hour was charming.

Never was there a clerk more delightful.

It would appear that his one object in life was that Condy and Blix should catch fish.

The affairs of the nation stood still while he pondered, suggested, advised, and deliberated.

He told them where to go, how to get there, what train to take coming back, and who to ask for when they arrived.