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London press would be sure to seize upon it. If 

 the horses had been taken away it would be far 

 better to put the fact down to the evasion having 

 been effected whilst he was asleep, and as he had 

 some money about him he felt sure of being able 

 to pay any fine that might be inflicted on him. 

 He was unconscious of the fact that he had kicked 

 the constable. 



]\Ir Dashwood, having released him, paid his 

 fine and given him some soda-water at the Holl- 

 borough inn, sketched for him the true position 

 of affairs, making him understand that the horse, 

 once the race was over, would be religiously 

 brought back, and that the only course for him 1 

 in the midst of these circumstances was to return 

 to The Martens, accept its hospitahty, and wait. 



Having left him there, the young man, after a 

 short interview with Miss Grimsha^w, returned to 

 London. 



