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wliom nothing more can be got in future, and hence 

 determines to look about for some other source 

 whence he can get money from a change of his 

 master's horse. 



The course adopted will probably be this. After a 

 time has elapsed, sufficiently long not to raise suspi- 

 cion, some fault is discovered in horse No. 2 : either 

 ' He went a little lame when he was out in the carriage 

 the other day, and I understand the veterinary 

 surgeon, who knows all about him, told some one that 

 he had fever in the feet, and was constantly lame ;' or, 

 ' Several times when I have been driving to the station 

 to meet you or missus ' (the carriage of course was 

 always empty), ' he has shied and very nearly had me 

 into the ditch. I'm almost afraid to drive him ;' or, ' He 

 is a very delicate horse ; there is always something 

 the matter with him, and we shall be obliged to have 

 the vet. to him before long. I don't think he'll ever 

 be well long together ; perhaps we'd better get rid of 

 him before he gets worse.' And by way of preventing 

 his master from resorting to his friend Mr. A. for 

 another horse, the groom hints that the state of his 

 constitution must have been known to that gentle- 

 man, which was the reason, no doubt, of his letting 

 his master have him at such a low figure. The fact 

 probably being that A. had sold the horse at a low 

 figure because he was dealing with his friend. 



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