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Chapter 23

           BambridgehadrundownDiamondinawaythatheneverwouldhavedone(thehorsebeingafriend’s)ifhehadnotthoughtofbuyingit;everyonewholookedattheanimalevenHorrockwasevidentlyimpressedwithitsmerit.Togetalltheadvantageofbeingwithmenofthissort,youmustknowhowtodrawyourinferences,andnotbeaspoonwhotakesthingsliterally.Thecolorofthehorsewasadappledgray,andFredhappenedtoknowthatLordMedlicote’smanwasonthelook-outforjustsuchahorse.Afterallhisrunningdown,Bambridgeletitoutinthecourseoftheevening,whenthefarmerwasabsent,thathehadseenworsehorsesgoforeightypounds.Ofcoursehecontradictedhimselftwentytimesover,butwhenyouknowwhatislikelytobetrueyoucantestaman’sadmissions.AndFredcouldnotbutreckonhisownjudgmentofahorseasworthsomething.ThefarmerhadpausedoverFred’srespectablethoughbroken-windedsteedlongenoughtoshowthathethoughtitworthconsideration,anditseemedprobablethathewouldtakeit,withfive-and-twentypoundsinaddition,astheequivalentofDiamond.InthatcaseFred,whenhehadpartedwithhisnewhorseforatleasteightypounds,wouldbefifty-fivepoundsinpocketbythetransaction,andwouldhaveahundredandthirty-fivepoundstowardsmeetingthebill;sothatthedeficittemporarilythrownonMr.Garthwouldattheutmostbetwenty-fivepounds

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