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and tlioiigh he strove hard to affect injured 

 innocence, still his anxiety and trepidation 

 were far too apparent to leave room for the 

 slioflitest doubt as to the truth of Bowman's 

 suspicions. 



' Surely you can have no objection to my 

 remaining with my own horse. It is a hobby 

 of mine.' 



' A hobby that will probably lose you the 

 race, sir. He will fret and not touch his feed. He 

 is a very queer horse in that way, and he will not 

 touch a mouthful if anybody is looking on, or 

 is, in fact, anywhere near him. Besides, he is 

 wound right up to concert pitch, and a little 

 thing upsets a horse when he is trained to the 

 minute as this horse is ; in fact, he is looking 

 very tucked up as it is this morning.' 



' Considering the poor beggar has probably 

 had hardly a mouthful since this time yesterday, 

 I am not surprised,' thought Reginald Miller, 

 but though he thought it, he of course did not 

 say it, as he was anxious if possible to arrange 

 things quietly. What he did say was this : 



' Well, I can't help it, Tryall ; I have made 



