The fellow had had time to collect himself, and answered boldly: "I am but a poor weak worm, my lord Captain; they were full heavy for me, so I cut them away and cast them into the pool, where by now the Carps are feeding on them."
"Margery, Volume 7."
Georg Ebers
"Glad to have seen you, sir; and now mind that as soon as ever your young friend Mas' Mercer-Mas' Bri'sh Museum, as I call him-is ready, and you can get a day, I'll take you to our stock pond, where the Carps and tenches are so thick, they're asking to be caught.
"Burr Junior"
G. Manville Fenn
When he appeared again at supper time, in order to help us eat our Christmas Carps, he found little Hermy standing with Karl and Kurt before the fire, and he noticed how his favourite's eyes rested with pleasure on the nuts which he had bought for his grandmother; and how the older boys, who were only too prone to tease their younger brother, treated him with a certain tenderness, as if they had something to make up for.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers