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Updated: July 18, 2025
"Because I am my own trap and bait and all," They looked puzzled. "He's mad." "Daft as he can be." "Poor old fool. But let us get his money if he has any, without killing him." "Money!" echoed the self-styled leech-fisher. "Here's plenty." And with these words he threw a pile of gold pieces upon the ground, making all the lawless ruffians' eyes glisten greedily.
He stepped forward to catch the old man by the coat, but the latter, retreating a couple of paces, appeared startled. "Keep your distance, my masters," he said; "keep your distance, because I am a very dangerous fellow." They laughed at this. "Dangerous, you are?" cried one of them, "oh, oh! what is your name?" "Why, they call me the leech-fisher." "The leech-fisher!" "Yes." "What for?"
"You don't seem yet to understand the parable of the leech-fisher," said the singular old man. "You are dense blockheads." "Ha, ha, ha! hear him," cried the first beggar. "He is quite a treat." "What I meant was that I am a trap for you. I have set myself to catch you; I am the bait; the leech fishers are their own bait, I am my own. So now come on, my merry men, my unbelieving pagans."
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