"I didn't, the captain found you."
"It's hard to think of you as—well—just here."
"I came down for a day or two off. For the first time in years, I've forgotten all about the works."
"I'm glad, and do you—"
At that instant there came from between Clark's feet a mighty thump, and the big bass, curving its spiney back, leaped clear of the boat and landed in the brown water with a splash. A flip of the broad tail and it vanished.
"You've lost your fish!" exclaimed Elsie, aghast.
"Perhaps you lost it, but it doesn't matter."
"Is that the way you feel, just slack and careless?"
"Just like that."
"I knew you had a mind above fish," she laughed.