Chapter 20

           Onedayintheafternoonwewenttotheraces.FergusonwenttooandCrowellRodgers,theboywhohadbeenwoundedintheeyesbytheexplosionoftheshellnose-cap.ThegirlsdressedtogoafterlunchwhileCrowellandIsatonthebedinhisroomandreadthepastperformancesofthehorsesandthepredictionsintheracingpaper.Crowell’sheadwasbandagedandhedidnotcaremuchabouttheseracesbutreadtheracingpaperconstantlyandkepttrackofallthehorsesforsomethingtodo.Hesaidthehorseswereaterriblelotbuttheywereallthehorseswehad.OldMeyerslikedhimandgavehimtips.Meyerswononnearlyeveryracebutdislikedtogivetipsbecauseitbroughtdowntheprices.Theracingwasverycrooked.MenwhohadbeenruledofftheturfeverywhereelsewereracinginItaly.Meyers’informationwasgoodbutIhatedtoaskhimbecausesometimeshedidnotanswer,andalwaysyoucouldseeithurthimtotellyou,buthefeltobligatedtotellusforsomereasonandhehatedlesstotellCrowell.Crowell’seyeshadbeenhurt,onewashurtbadly,andMeyershadtroublewithhiseyesandsohelikedCrowell.Meyersnevertoldhiswifewhathorseshewasplayingandshewonorlost,mostlylost,andtalkedallthetime.

           WefourdroveouttoSanSiroinanopencarriage.Itwasalovelydayandwedroveoutthroughtheparkandoutalongthetramwayandoutoftownwheretheroadwasdusty.Therewerevillaswithironfencesandbigovergrowngardensandditcheswithwaterflowingandgreenvegetablegardenswithdustontheleaves.

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