32 TALES OF PIXK AND SILK. 



" But I thought thej were horse-breakers or something," 

 said Gertrude faintly. 



" Quite a mistake, I assure you. It appears that their old 

 stud groom, whose name also is Cuthbert, set up as a dealer 

 at Timbridge Wells, and he has been good enough to supply 

 his young mistress with hunters during the family's mis- 

 fortune. Well, I must be off. Good morning to you." 



The next hunting season found Lambton Lods^e let to 

 strangers, Mr. and Lady Muriel and the Misses Styles having 

 gone abroad for the winter. 



