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" Yes," replied our hero. " I have not half done 

 with you yet, though perhaps you may determine to 

 have done with me, seeing the exorbitancy of my 

 demands on your patience and good offices." 



" Well, supposing I make no such determination, 

 what remains behind ?" 



"Well, having got the horses, I want your ad- 

 vice as regards their treatment ; and you will 

 not say I am very self-sufficient when I ask you 

 to instal yourself my tutor as regards my using 

 them. In fact, I want lessons from you on the 

 score of not only treating horses, but in riding 

 them." 



Our experienced friend found that all hopes of 

 shaking off his young acquaintance had vanished. 

 Who could refuse assistance and advice to one who 

 asked it so modestly ? He found that all the bad 

 taste that he had seen exhibited arose from miscon- 

 ceptions of what was good taste ; he found his young 

 friend had sense enough to perceive that it was so : 

 and, further, he had the far rarer merit of allowing 

 he had been in error. Here was something to work 



