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Chapter 20

           WebackedahorsenamedLightForMethatfinishedfourthinafieldoffive.Weleanedonthefenceandwatchedthehorsesgoby,theirhoofsthuddingastheywentpast,andsawthemountainsoffinthedistanceandMilanbeyondthetreesandthefields.

           "Ifeelsomuchcleaner,"Catherinesaid.Thehorseswerecomingback,throughthegate,wetandsweating,thejockeysquietingthemandridinguptodismountunderthetrees.

           "Wouldn’tyoulikeadrink?Wecouldhaveoneouthereandseethehorses."

           "I’llgetthem,"Isaid.

           "Theboywillbringthem,"Catherinesaid.SheputherhandupandtheboycameoutfromthePagodabarbesidethestables.Wesatdownataroundirontable.

           "Don’tyoulikeitbetterwhenwe’realone?"

           "Yes,"Isaid.

           "Ifeltverylonelywhentheywereallthere."

           "It’sgrandhere,"Isaid.

           "Yes.It’sreallyaprettycourse."

           "It’snice."

           "Don’tletmespoilyourfun,darling.I’llgobackwheneveryouwant."

           "No,"Isaid."We’llstayhereandhaveourdrink.Thenwe’llgodownandstandatthewaterjumpforthesteeplechase."

           "You’reawfullygoodtome,"shesaid.

           Afterwehadbeenaloneawhileweweregladtoseetheothersagain.Wehadagoodtime.

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