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Chapter 23

           Butthetwentypounds’worthofseed-cornhadbeenplantedinvainintheseductivegreenplotallofitatleastwhichhadnotbeendispersedbytheroadsideandFredfoundhimselfcloseuponthetermofpaymentwithnomoneyatcommandbeyondtheeightypoundswhichhehaddepositedwithhismother.Thebroken-windedhorsewhichheroderepresentedapresentwhichhadbeenmadetohimalongwhileagobyhisuncleFeatherstone:hisfatheralwaysallowedhimtokeepahorse,Mr.Vincy’sownhabitsmakinghimregardthisasareasonabledemandevenforasonwhowasratherexasperating.Thishorse,then,wasFred’sproperty,andinhisanxietytomeettheimminentbillhedeterminedtosacrificeapossessionwithoutwhichlifewouldcertainlybeworthlittle.HemadetheresolutionwithasenseofheroismheroismforcedonhimbythedreadofbreakinghiswordtoMr.Garth,byhisloveforMaryandaweofheropinion.HewouldstartforHoundsleyhorse-fairwhichwastobeheldthenextmorning,andsimplysellhishorse,bringingbackthemoneybycoach?Well,thehorsewouldhardlyfetchmorethanthirtypounds,andtherewasnoknowingwhatmighthappen;itwouldbefollytobalkhimselfofluckbeforehand.Itwasahundredtoonethatsomegoodchancewouldfallinhisway;thelongerhethoughtofit,thelesspossibleitseemedthatheshouldnothaveagoodchance,andthelessreasonablethatheshouldnotequiphimselfwiththepowderandshotforbringingitdown.

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