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we went through, others over or in ; but the 

 pace was too good to enquire about such 

 trifling details, and the glorious excitement 

 of the Chase was growing. 



On they went, up to the Barton tollgate, 

 and here another of those things happened 

 which are sent into this life on purpose to 

 try the tempers of huntsmen. There was 

 by that time no one with the hounds but 

 myself and Mr. Charles Lindsell, the pace 

 had been so great. 



'' Open the gate my good woman ! " I 

 yelled, as we came galloping up towards it. 

 She came crawling out of that cottage like 

 an old hen before daybreak. 



'' D ation take it ! " I could not refrain 



from shouting. " Can't you see those hounds, 



running like h bells ! For heaven's sake 



open that gate 1 " 



But of course the poor old lady then got 

 flustered, and she fumbled about for what 

 seemed an eternity before we got through. 



But we got through at last. The deer had 

 run the road, right past a workman who was 



