
Another small trout flashed at the end of your line before dropping into the creel. That makes one more, Uncle Paul, though none of them has learned to grow large. You step into this one-chapter preview with Uncle Paul at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. His mouth opened, but the first answer remained beyond the end of the chapter. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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