okay... haven't finished this yet... but i had to say something about this line.

He wandered towards the lake, partly to watch the reflection of the round silver disk in the water, and partly to watch fish leaping and rising to no lure but the beauty.

omg... especially the no lure part... wow. i don't know what it was about that sentence, but i found it incredibly beautiful. i think this was one of the best sentences i've ever read describing the loveliness of a lake at nighttime.

okay... off to finish the story now.. i promise more comments later :-)