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it would certainly take me a long time to 

 acquire. However, a really well-matched pair 

 of harness horses, with action, are always worth 

 a lot of money at home.' 



By this time they had reached the gate 

 leading into Ray Danby's drive, and here they 

 were met by Mrs. Danby and her two children, 

 respectively seven and five years old. Acton 

 jumped down and greeted his sister, who was 

 overjoyed to see him, and telling Ray Danby 

 and Reginald to drive on, he strolled home with 

 her and the children. 



Now Alfred Acton and his sister had, until 

 she married some ten years before, been almost 

 inseparable, and very fond of her brother was 

 she. She saw at once that there was something 

 wrong with him, and telling the children to run 

 on ahead, she said : ' Alfred, dear, you are look- 

 ing worried and harassed. What is the matter 

 with you ? You are too old a traveller to be 

 upset by the passage.' 



' I am worried, Mary, dear, and some day 

 perhaps I will tell you all about it, but I am 



