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Bert Bruce is a retiree whose cabin Sterling and Rascal stumble onto in the woods around Lake Superior. He kindly takes them in and shows them his fishing flies. He explains that he had to run a store in Chicago for 30 years before he could retire to the woods. He befriends Sterling’s father as well during their trip.
Bert Bruce Quotes in Rascal
The Rascal quotes below are all either spoken by Bert Bruce or refer to Bert Bruce. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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4. August Quotes
Somewhere it must all be recorded, as insects are captured in amber—that day on the river: transcribed in Brule water, written on the autumn air, safe at least in my memory.
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Bert Bruce Character Timeline in Rascal
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4. August
...and Sterling scolds Rascal, but the fisherman laughs, unbothered. Sterling nets the trout, and the fisherman—Bert Bruce is his name—invites him back to his cabin.
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Sterling adores Bert’s cabin, eminently livable and decked out with outdoorsman’s paraphernalia. Bert impresses Sterling with a mounted...
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Bert tells Sterling he lives here alone, disliking the company of women, who insist on cleanliness....
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In the ensuing weeks, Bert and Sterling’s father become friends, exchanging stories about the American Indians. The court case wraps...
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