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everything he did not want, and nothing that he did. 

 He wanted the horses at the time he bought them, 

 most certainly, and found sellers quite ready to ac- 

 commodate him; but this only eventually brought 

 about another want : he wanted to get rid of them. 

 How this was accomplished we have shown. 



But the friend who acted the friendly part in 

 recommending the stud to be got rid of by the most 

 summary process, only considered his young friend's 

 interest in so doing. He little anticipated the mess 

 he was getting into himself, for he did not at all see 

 that getting rid of a lot of useless animals involved the 

 being hooked in for subsequently buying a better 

 sort — a job that (guessing the thoughts and feelings 

 of the man from what we have seen of him) was 

 above all others the least to his taste. 



He was, however, perfectly satisfied, or rather 

 assured on this point, by his servant interrupting 

 him, in the midst of his breakfast and the perusal 

 of an interesting article in The Field, by putting 

 into his hand the following short but too explicit 

 note : — 



