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eyes glistened. *"E's such another as 'im his 

 lordship won the Queen's Cup with in — . Same 

 manner o' going — and 'is 'ead, sir! Why, me as 

 raised 'em both couldn't tell 'em apart. But 

 the Midget's got a good disposition, and the other 

 got 'is from 'ell. You were in the colonies, weren't 

 you, sir? So you cawn't remember, as I do, the 

 crowd, the whole regiment there and 'arf the 

 aristocracy of H'england looking on. It seems 

 like yesterday, and it's ten years a week from 

 to-morrow, when I leads out Black Douglas, 'im 

 kicking and trying 'is best to eat my harm off, with 

 'is lordship sitting there in the saddle so pale and 

 thin. 



**Ah, sir, it's so long ago now, and both 'is 

 lordship and Master Harry are dead, that I don't 

 believe as 'ow 'e'd mind me telling the truth 

 of it, if you care to 'ear, sir. As you know, 'is 

 lordship was always the 'ead of the house, even 

 when the old earl was alive. 'E was the one who 

 kept things going and took all the blame for 'is 

 brother. Master Harry was the worry of 'is 

 life, being always in trouble, when if it wasn't 

 debts, it was women. 'Is lordship loved 'im better 

 than anything in the world, and many's the time, 

 'e 'as come to me and said, 'Judson,' says 'e, *sell 

 Sandhurst or Rosemead,' or some other fine *orse 



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