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' No, nor I ; but if the beggar were to take 

 it into his head to go bang into his bridle at 

 the finish he would be a very hard nut to 

 crack.' 



' I wonder Wadding didn't come over to 

 Mollerton,' said Reggie Miller to his wife as 

 they drove away after luncheon. ' I made sure 

 that we should find him there.' 



On arrival at home that night Reggie found 

 a letter from Wadding, saying that he hoped 

 to be at Radbrook on the following day, and 

 that he had something particular to tell him. 



' Well, Wadding,' said Reggie, as Wadding 

 was shown into the smoking-room by the 

 butler, ' how's Phoebe, and when are you two 

 going to get married ? ' 



' I've got something much more important 

 than that, sir, to talk about now,' said Wad- 

 ding. 



' It must be important then indeed,' said 

 Reggie Miller. 



' It's about Fortitude, sir, that I want to 

 talk. You know, sir, my brother's head lad 



