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27 Ruined and Going Downhill

           Webothfeltinourselvesthatwewerenotwhatwehadbeen.However,thatdidnotspoilthepleasurewehadineachother’scompany;wedidnotgallopaboutasweoncedid,butweusedtofeed,andliedowntogether,andstandforhoursunderoneoftheshadylime-treeswithourheadsclosetoeachother;andsowepassedourtimetillthefamilyreturnedfromtown.

           Onedaywesawtheearlcomeintothemeadow,andYorkwaswithhim.Seeingwhoitwas,westoodstillunderourlime-tree,andletthemcomeuptous.Theyexamineduscarefully.Theearlseemedmuchannoyed.

           “Thereisthreehundredpoundsflungawayfornoearthlyuse,”saidhe;“butwhatIcaremostforisthatthesehorsesofmyoldfriend,whothoughttheywouldfindagoodhomewithme,areruined.Themareshallhaveatwelve-month’srun,andweshallseewhatthatwilldoforher;buttheblackone,hemustbesold;’tisagreatpity,butIcouldnothavekneesliketheseinmystables.”

           “No,mylord,ofcoursenot,”saidYork;“buthemightgetaplacewhereappearanceisnotofmuchconsequence,andstillbewelltreated.IknowamaninBath,themasterofsomeliverystables,whooftenwantsagoodhorseatalowfigure;Iknowhelookswellafterhishorses.Theinquestclearedthehorse’scharacter,andyourlordship’srecommendation,ormine,wouldbesufficientwarrantforhim.”

           “Youhadbetterwritetohim,York.Ishouldbemoreparticularabouttheplacethanthemoneyhewouldfetch.”

           Afterthistheyleftus

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