CHAPTER XXI. 



ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYING AND SELLING — 

 JELFER'S exchange no robbery — A FRESH TRIAL 

 OF A NEV/ HORSE— THE GALLANT GREY— RESULT. 



WEEK after the Sale of the Chest mit " Ga- 

 2cller — 1 have been waiting with some anxiety 

 to hear how Jelfer hkes his new purchase. 

 Honestly speaking, I have been waiting to 

 Iiear if he arrived home safely on the day he bought him. 

 The doubt on my mind just now is has Jelfer got ho?ne at 

 all? Sometimes 1 picture to myself poor Jelfer on the 

 green-sward by the rdadside, gasping, and the Chestnut in a 

 ditch, vv'ith both his knees damaged, supporting himself in a 

 staggery manner against the bank. 



I can imagine Jelfer returning on foot to my house, with 

 liis head bound up, and saying, " Look here ! You said he 

 was sound ! Why, he was as groggy as possible at the 

 knees, and, after a few miles, down he came." 



I can imagine (have once begun im.agining) how I should 

 plunge further into the mire of horse-dealing, and reply, 

 '' My dear Jelfer, I never knew the horse stumble in my 

 life ; you must have been riding carelessly, with a loose 

 rein, and tlirown him down." 



