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Bawtry, asked him ' the question ' herself, I beUeve, in the 

 end ; but he went away to India, and Miss Mabel Turton is 

 still Mabel Turton." 



" By the way," exclaimed Maunsell, who, I fear, had not 

 been listening very intently, " who is that striking-looking 

 girl that Frank is talking to ? " 



" First, Avhere is Captain Frank Gordon ? Oh, there ! 

 Why, he is talking to the young horse-breaker. I am 

 surprised at him. 1 wonder who introduced him, or whether 

 she introduced herself." 



"What!" exclaimed Maunsell, "that lady-like girl a 

 horsebreaker ? Not ! really ? 



" Oh, yes," repHed Miss Enid. " They are quite common 

 people. She and her mother and brother live at Ivy Cottage, 

 but no one knows them. The brother got lamed during the 

 early part of the cub-hunting season, and she has had the 

 audacity to come out by herself ever since." 



•' Has she no one with her — no one to look after her, I 

 mean ? " 



" She has a groom on a second horse. But like most of 

 these people she rides pretty well in a style of her own. 

 Captain Gordon seems to have a good deal to say to her, 

 anyhow. He ought to be told what sort of a person she is," 

 added Miss Enid. 



" But are you sure she is a common person ? I am certain 

 I have seen her face somewhere. Excuse me asking, Miss 

 Enid, but would you mind telling me who told you ? " 



" Hark ! they're away at the bottom end. Come on, Mr. 

 Maunsell. Where's Gertrude ? " And in a moment the 

 two sisters were galloping off down the ride, splashing the 

 mud on all sides, and hustling their way through the stream 

 of men and women as best they could. It was one of those 

 short, sharp and decisive scurries, the hounds racing away 

 with their fox, bursting him up and killing him in the open 



