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the ' Dolphin,' in High Street, you know. Be 

 there on Monday morning; take saddles, clothing, 

 and all you want. However, I need not tell you 

 all this, or of the necessity of keeping our move- 

 ments a profound secret." 



" No occasion — no occasion, sir ; I'll be there. 

 Huzza ! " he exclaimed, as soon as his master was 

 out of hearing. " My words are coming true — 

 racing again, by all that's jolly ! This is a proud 

 day for me. My boy will get into form again, I 

 know he will. I should like to give him a leg up 

 once more, and see him set a field." So saying he 

 waddled off to inform his old woman, as he irre- 

 verently called her, of the change about to take 

 place. 



Some few days after this Bradon, his servants 

 and horses, were located in a quiet little village in 

 Lower Brittany. 



" Well, Tim," said his master one morning, as the 

 old stud-groom came in to say the horses were well, 

 and ask what exercise they were to take. " What 

 exercise ? " said George ; " why, I'll tell you. They 

 are to go into regular training ; they are in pretty 

 good fettle now, but they must be better. We can 

 do it in quiet here, without those confounded touts 

 and fellows watching us, as they would have done 

 at home. I should have had a scoundrel perched 



