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*' Which ? " she asked taking the horn from its case. 



" Blow 'em away on their fox, ma'am." 



Lavvy put the mouthpiece to her lips and then she lowered 

 it ; the laughing eyes looked at the old man before she 

 said : — 



" I can't, Summers, he hasn't been holloaed away." 



Summers looked up and down the room. 



"You had better upset that excuse, Summers," the Squire 

 said, laughing. 



The kennel huntsman put his thumb in his ear, and all 

 present expected to hear a holloa for which he had been 

 noted, but the thumb was withdrawn and no sound came 

 until he said : — 



" I can't, ma'am, I haven't seen him." 



**Then the covert is blank, Summers," Lavvy said, and 

 blew the horn accordingly. 



As Joseph Summers resumed his seat, he muttered to 

 those within hearing, '' It's difficult to get the better of 

 her ". 



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