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Chapter 71

           Bambridgewasfindingitworthhiswhiletosaymanyimpressivethingsaboutthefinestudshehadbeenseeingandthepurchaseshehadmadeonajourneyinthenorthfromwhichhehadjustreturned.Gentlemenpresentwereassuredthatwhentheycouldshowhimanythingtocutoutabloodmare,abay,risingfour,whichwastobeseenatDoncasteriftheychosetogoandlookatit,Mr.Bambridgewouldgratifythembybeingshot"fromheretoHereford."Also,apairofblackswhichhewasgoingtoputintothebreakrecalledvividlytohismindapairwhichhehadsoldtoFaulknerin‘19,forahundredguineas,andwhichFaulknerhadsoldforahundredandsixtytwomonthslateranygentwhocoulddisprovethisstatementbeingofferedtheprivilegeofcallingMr.Bambridgebyaveryuglynameuntiltheexercisemadehisthroatdry.

           Whenthediscoursewasatthispointofanimation,cameupMr.FrankHawley.HewasnotamantocompromisehisdignitybyloungingattheGreenDragon,buthappeningtopassalongtheHighStreetandseeingBambridgeontheotherside,hetooksomeofhislongstridesacrosstoaskthehorsedealerwhetherhehadfoundthefirst-rategig-horsewhichhehadengagedtolookfor.Mr.HawleywasrequestedtowaituntilhehadseenagrayselectedatBilkley:ifthatdidnotmeethiswishestoahair,Bambridgedidnotknowahorsewhenhesawit,whichseemedtobethehighestconceivableunlikelihood.Mr.

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