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horses enough of us, we would make him acquainted 

 with every disease a horse is liable to ; this I call true 

 and high principle. Depend on it, old fellow, in 

 worldly affairs we should do as a man must do, if he 

 means to do any good in racing affairs, get the best 



of other people if we can, for I'll be d if they 



won't try to get the best of us ; there now, that's worth 

 a bottle of sherry at all events, so just give me a glass ; 

 and as it is five o'clock, I'll go to stable." 



" Really, Fred.," said Edward Hartland to his friend 

 Manderville, " if I was not as well acquainted as I 

 am with the general attributes of your heart and 

 disposition, the sentiments you profess, and the con- 

 duct you defend, would lead me to suppose you both 

 unprincipled and depraved." 



" That, my dear fellow," replied Fred., " proceeds 

 wholly from your want of knowledge of the world ; 

 you are so accustomed to hear only the sentiments of 

 those really fine, but straight-laced, girls, your sisters, 

 and those of your saint-like mamma, that any thing 

 like the general ways of the world appears to you as 

 something devoutly to be avoided." 



" If by straight-laced you mean a dislike to such 

 companions as I am sorry to see you associate with, 

 and such pursuits as I regret to see you follow, I am 

 happy to say my sisters and worthy mother are all 

 as you represent them," replied Hartland. 



" Come, come, my good fellow," said Fred., " you 

 are getting grave and angry ; have a little mercy on 

 your tailor by not burning the tails of your coat before 

 that fire, and bury your immaculate person in that 

 chair." 



I applaud your philanthropic feelings in favour of my 

 tailor," said Hartland ; " but they are not called for 



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