The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate, and a Fair Captive (Classic Reprint)

At least, I had within the moment been so engaged; although the truth is that the evening was so exceptionally fine, and the spot always so extraordinarily attractive to me this particular angle of the stream, where the tall birches stand, being to my mind the most beautiful bit on my whole estate that I had forgotten all about angling and was sitting with rod laid by upon the bank, the fly-book scarce noted in my hand. Moreover, a peculiarly fine specimen of A nopheles, (as I took it to be) was at that very moment hovering over my hand, and I was anxious to confirm my judgment as well as to enlarge my collection of mosquitoes.
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