THE HAUGHTYSHIRE HUNT. lo: 



" I've managed to get j'ou the horse, old chap, after an 

 awfnl tussle with Fobbs. He swore, at first, that Spanker 

 had offered him two hmidred and " 



" Oh, really ! " squeaked Travers, '' and why didn't he take 

 it, then ? " 



This was rather a ' sticker,' as the questions of children 

 and idiots often are. 



"Well, you see, it — it apparently didn't suit Spanker " 



" Oh, really ! Then was it a sort of misfit, do you 

 mean? " 



" No, no. I mean it didn't suit Spanker to pay ' read}' ' 

 for it, you see. Spanker was going abroad, or into the 

 Bankruptcy Court, or to blazes, or somewhere or other, it 

 doesn't matter which. But the horse is really worth the 

 money, and I told Fobbs you'd go to one ninety for him. 

 Guineas, I mean," he added, as he saw that Travers's face 

 didn't express so much disapproval as he had expected. 



This matter being concluded to the satisfaction of all parties 

 concerned — " of course, subject to his passing the Yet.," 

 said Mr. Dashwood to Mr. Fobbs — ^they again adjourned to 

 the long low range of stabling, and saw the contents of five 

 more loose boxes and sixteen stalls before coming to anything 

 they thought worth having out. Then a nice-looking grey 

 arrested Mr. Dashwood's attention. 



" What's this, Mr. Fobbs '? " he asked. 



" Well, now, it's funny as you've stopped at this horse, 

 because he's one I meant for you to see in particular. This is 

 a horse by Capulet " 



" Oh, really ! " squeaked Binkie, his eyes starting out of his 

 head as he heard the dreaded name of Marmion's sire. " I — 



