[Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookBrother Copas CHAPTER III 6/23
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Well, I am glad, anyway, that you told me whilst there was yet a chance of my being useful; being, as you may or may not have observed, inclined to jealousy in matters of friendship." This time Brother Copas kept his face averted, and made a fresh cast across stream with more than ordinary care.
The fly dropped close under the far bank, and by a bare six inches clear of a formidable alder.
He jerked the rod backward, well pleased with his skill. "That was a pretty good one, eh ?" But clever angling was thrown away upon Brother Bonaday, whom preoccupation with trouble had long ago made unobservant. Brother Copas reeled in a few feet of his line. "You'll bear in mind that, if the Master should refuse and you're short of money for a good lodging, I have a pound or two laid by. We must do what we can for the child; coming, as she will, from the other side of the world." "That is kind of you, Copas," said Brother Bonaday slowly, his eyes fixed now on the reel, the whirring click of which drew his attention, so that he seemed to address his speech to it. "It is very kind, and I thank you.
But I hope the Master will not refuse: though, to tell you the truth, there is another small difficulty which makes me shy of asking him a favour." "Eh? What is it ?" Brother Bonaday twisted his thin fingers together.
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