SECOND BOY
Hold on, I can’t keep up—
POACHER
Not trying then, are you?
SECOND BOY
Aw, Dad . . .
POACHER
(Hisses)
Keep it down! You want the whole bloody village to know?
SECOND BOY
(Grinning)
Think they don’t? Half of ‘em were down here last week.
POACHER
You shut up, or I’ll take my stick to y—ow!
He’s STUMBLED OVER SOMETHING.
SECOND BOY
What’s wrong?
POACHER
There’s summat caught under the water.
(Fumbles around)
Wedged under a stone. Help me, will you?
SECOND BOY
Oh, Lord. Not again.
With a GRUNT OF TRIUMPH and a great SPLASH, the POACHER pulls something out.
POACHER
Look, it’s a bag! Must belong to that Doctor Purl.
SECOND BOY
What’d it be doing here, then?
POACHER
Who cares? Might be a reward. Come on!