Chapter 24

           

           "Theoffender’ssorrowbringsbutsmallreliefTohimwhowearsthestrongoffence’scross."—SHAKESPEARE:Sonnets.

           IamsorrytosaythatonlythethirddayafterthepropitiouseventsatHoundsleyFredVincyhadfallenintoworsespiritsthanhehadknowninhislifebefore.Notthathehadbeendisappointedastothepossiblemarketforhishorse,butthatbeforethebargaincouldbeconcludedwithLordMedlicote’sman,thisDiamond,inwhichhopetotheamountofeightypoundshadbeeninvested,hadwithouttheslightestwarningexhibitedinthestableamostviciousenergyinkicking,hadjustmissedkillingthegroom,andhadendedinlaminghimselfseverelybycatchinghisleginaropethatoverhungthestable-board.Therewasnomoreredressforthisthanforthediscoveryofbadtemperaftermarriagewhichofcourseoldcompanionswereawareofbeforetheceremony.Forsomereasonorother,Fredhadnoneofhisusualelasticityunderthisstrokeofill-fortune:hewassimplyawarethathehadonlyfiftypounds,thattherewasnochanceofhisgettinganymoreatpresent,andthatthebillforahundredandsixtywouldbepresentedinfivedays.EvenifhehadappliedtohisfatheronthepleathatMr.Garthshouldbesavedfromloss,FredfeltsmartinglythathisfatherwouldangrilyrefusetorescueMr.Garthfromtheconsequenceofwhathewouldcallencouragingextravaganceanddeceit.HewassoutterlydowncastthathecouldframenootherprojectthantogostraighttoMr.

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