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during the remainder of the day, and inspired my 

 dreams that night. 



I found the monotony of country life strikingly 

 varied by my attempts to break Lady Lee to harness. 

 She was gentle and docile, but she had some little 

 peculiarities of her own. One of these was a strong 

 dislike to having anything in her mouth that she 

 could not eat. It was a laborious task, but she 

 seemed to understand that we were good friends ; 

 and at last she became tractable, and I drove her to 

 wagon wherever I chose. I must confess this was 

 usually in the direction of the little hotel across the 

 river. Miss Elmore took a surprising interest in my 

 pupil ; and it was not long before I found myself 

 speculating, with a seriousness that was almost amus- 

 ing in its novelty, upon the problem whether or not 

 any portion of the lady's interest in the horse could 

 reasonably be appropriated by the horse's owner. 

 However that might be, her attentions to Lady Lee 

 were clearly marked, and as clearly reciprocated by 

 the affectionate animal. 



One bright morning in August, the very mildness 



