He was certain that if he had done so he would have managed to catch at least one or two fresh young salmon.
Then suddenly he saw just ahead of him that there was someone fishing.
And it was on his bank of the river.
He wondered for a moment who it could be.
Perhaps his mother in his absence in London had given permission to a visitor or a tourist to fish there.
Then he was certain that, as he had been back for two days, she would have told him if there had been any such arrangement.
There was no doubt that the person fishing ahead of him was a trespasser and a poacher!
There were bushes on the side of the river and the river itself curved so that the Duke did not have a clear view of the intruder until he had passed through some trees into the open.
It was then he saw that just ah
