river-driver

Updated: May 1, 2025

The river-driver chose to spend his idle hours in crude, rough sprightliness; the salmon-fisher loved to lie upon the shore and listen to the village story-teller, almost official when successful, who played upon the credulity and imagination of his listeners. The river-driver loved excitement for its own sake, and behind his boisterousness there was little evil.

Gilbert Parker - Mrs. Falchion, Complete