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Richard met Mrs K. at the corner of the road. He looked very worried and at once asked her whether she knew, or could find out, the name of the red-haired girl.… In the room he told Mrs K. about his and Daddy's fishing expedition in the morning. Richard had caught a salmon parr. He knew that it was forbidden to catch baby salmon, but he had not recognized it until he had already killed it. Three ladies not far away were looking at him, so he threw the dead fish back into the water, behaving as if it were still alive. Daddy, too, had caught a baby trout and asked Richard whether he should kill it. Richard had said, ‘No, don't, not the baby,’ but by then Daddy had already killed it. Daddy was not angry with Richard about his having killed the salmon parr, but he did say that Richard could be put into gaol for this. While Richard was talking he was arranging the fleet, which he had not brought for some time, and said that the fleet had had a rest.
Mrs K. interpreted that one of the reasons why he had been concerned about the Sunday session was that he felt that Mrs K.,