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implored me as he did so not to attempt it. 

 As I hesitated, Mr Digby Collins arrived with his 

 horse half- blown, and going straight in, he had 

 just the same experience as Harris, only with a 

 worse roll. Then I turned away in despair, and 

 coming upon E. Harris, I made him pilot me. The 

 deer now crossed almost directly in front of us, 

 but E. Harris's horse was so pumped I had to 

 pull Mars into a trot to keep with him. When 

 we had jumped three more fences and crossed the 

 road under Fifehead, heading for the lower Fife- 

 head coverts, Harris's mount came to a standstill, 

 and as I had not the courage to go on quite alone, 

 I turned back to the road, where I soon came up 

 with H. Harris and the tail hounds." 



At Five Bridges Lady Theodora from one point, 

 and I from another, came up with the hounds, 

 which were now entirely at a loss and had thrown 

 up. Boreham, the kennel huntsman, who had just 

 arrived, tried to make a cast, but did no good, and 

 at Nyland Lord Wolverton joined us. He had 

 been riding the roads savagely all day to try and 

 find hounds, and had come across the two hussars, 

 who with Captain Broun arrived on the scene ; 

 but Major Whyte-Melville and Mr Walter Grove, 

 both usually so good, we never saw again. 



The Master took hounds back to Five Bridges 

 to try and find the deer ; but though he heard 

 news of her at Kington Magna, he tried to hit off 

 the line for two hours without success. For the 

 first time in her wonderful career Lady Wolverton 



