"They won't bite," said Richmond.

"In this pervading dreaminess they have forgotten their materialism." "Probably they are tired of minnows," Henry replied.

"Suppose we try frogs." "No, I have sworn never to bait with another frog.

It's too much like patting a human being on a hook.

The last frog I used reached up, took hold of the hook and tried to take it out.