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must say he behaved very well to me. I wanted some- 

 thmg to wm the Challenge Cup last year, you know. I 

 asked him if he had anything, and he said he though 

 he had. He sold me Phyllis, trained her for me, and 

 she was even better than he led me to suppose. He 

 certainly acted on the square with me over that business.' 

 ' Ye — es,' said Congreve, contemplatively ; but the ac- 

 quiescence seemed halfway between doubt and denial. 

 There was something about it all that Congreve could 

 not quite understand. 



