Then he sank still further until his head was under too, and the girl shivered a little.
It seemed to her that it would be difficult for even a good swimmer to extricate himself from the tangle of snapped-off branches between the log and the bottom of the river.

Still, the clinging foot and arm were visible above the rush of frothing water.

Then more of the man came into sight again, there was a half-smothered shout, and she loosed the reel, while in another moment or two Alton swung himself up dripping with part of one hand apparently thrust into a great flapping fish's head.

With the back of it pressed gainst his knee he drew the head towards him, and the long silvery body became still, while the man stood up smiling.
"Fingers were made before nets, but I wasn't quite sure of him all the time," he said.
Miss Deringham, who was flushed and breathless, felt very gracious towards her companion just then.

It was, she realized, a somewhat perilous thing he had done to please her, and this was gratifying in itself, while the knowledge that he had postponed several affairs which demanded his attention was more flattering still.