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:hro\vn upon his hands; and, if an M.P., of a 

 rertain contest at the coming election. Where are 

 11 these now ? Ask of the winds ! They are 

 inished. His whole system is steeped in delight; 

 tere is not space in it for the absorption of an- 

 >ther sensation. Talk of opium ? of hashish ? they 

 .nnot supply such voluptuous entrancement as a 

 in like this ! 



" Taking stock " again of his company, he is 

 rather glad to see (for he is not an utterly selfish 

 :llow) that the man on the right has also got 

 ifely over the big brook, and is going well ; but 

 lere is absolutely no one else in sight. It is clear 

 that unless a " check " of some duration occurs, 

 >r the scent should die away, or the fox should 

 leviate from his hitherto straight course, these two 

 tnnot be overtaken, or even approached. No such 

 ilamity for in this case it would be a calamity 

 ikes place ; and the hounds, now evincing that 



iculiar savage eagerness which denotes the vin- 



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lictive mood known as " running for blood," hold 



