Golden Days From the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany
The book Golden Days From the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany was written by author Fedden, Romilly, 1875- Here you can read free online of Golden Days From the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Golden Days From the Fishing Log of a Painter in Brittany a good or bad book?
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The rain battered the river pools to froth, and tumbled in small cas- cades from between the giant granite stones, flooding my rocky chamber. NOTES FROM A DIARY 153 Gradually the roar of the storm fell away, and through it rose the sound of falling rain, and then the great drops were measured singly, less and less, to leave at last only their echo, the drip from the soaked alder boughs that overhung the river. The sun broke out on a golden world, refreshed, touching all beautiful things to make... them new. The valley was spark- ling, green, and fragrant. Far away the grey hills still reverberated with the whisper of the storm. In a near thicket a bird was singing in exaltation, and, most wonderful of all, at the foot of the mill-pool three trout were rising steadily. The fish lay in mid-stream, each separ- ated by a few yards of weed and deep water. As my fly reached the lowest trout he came at it with apparent ecstasy ; instinc- tively the line tightened, the rod arched and bent in those hazardous short rushes toward the weed-beds, but at length the fish was turned, and eventually after a sharp tussle was brought to the net some twenty yards lower down the bank, a 154 GOLDEN DAYS beautifully shaped fish of one and a half pounds.
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