NOTABLE RUNS IN FACT 

 AND FICTION 



The Fall •<o ^:> ^c?^ ^^> 



THEY found a fox after some delay in a copse 

 on the side of a hill, and the run that 

 followed scattered even Anne's sedateness to the 

 winds. Something of youth, something of girlish- 

 ness, yet dwelt within her and bounded to the 

 surface in response to the wild excitement of the 

 chase. 



The grey went like the wind. He and the 

 black mare that Nap Errol rode led the field, a 

 distinction that Anne had never sought before, and 

 which she did not greatly appreciate on this 

 occasion. For when they killed in a chalky hollow, 

 after half-an-hour's furious galloping across country 

 with scarcely a check, she dragged her animal 

 round with a white, set face and forced him from 

 the scene. 



Nap followed her after a little and found her 

 fumbling at a gate into a wood. 



" I've secured the brush for you," he began. 

 Then, seeing her face, " What is it ? You look 

 sick." 



" I feel sick," Anne said shakily. 



He opened the gate for her, and followed her 

 through. They found themselves alone, separated 

 from the rest of the hunt by a thick belt of trees. 

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