text:  And I will further state that it seemed as if his presence when he came (and that was often nay sometimes twice in one day ) did make holiday in the whole house; and Charles was by no means backward in his friendship--receiving the fishing-rods presented unto him by the right honourable with so winning an eagerness and pressing Alice (his constant friend) to go with him and the noble donor with so much zeal to the brook therein to try the virtues of the gift that I found it impossible to refuse permission; and therefore did those three often consume valuable hours (yet also I hope not altogether wasted)--_videlicet_ Alice and Charles and the honourable Viscount--in endeavouring to catch the finny tribe yet seldom with much success