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Chapter 71

           Sosayingtheblack-skinnedJehustartedoffacrossthepatio,leavingZebStumpsole"masterofthestole."

           TheairofindifferencewithwhichhehadconcludedhisdialoguewithPlutodisappeared,themomentthelatterwasoutsidethedoor.

           Ithadbeenaltogetherassumed:aswasprovedbytheearnestattitudethatinstantlyreplacedit.

           Stridingacrossthepavedcauseway,thatseparatedthetworowsofstalls,heenteredthatoccupiedbythesorrel.

           Theanimalshiedoff,andstoodtremblingagainstthewallperhapsawedbythelookofresolutionwithwhichthehunterhadapproachedit.

           "Stan’still,yebrute!"chidedZeb."Idon’tmeannoharmtoyou,tho’byyurlooksIreck’nye’reasviciousasyurmaster.Stan’still,Isay,anlet’shevalookatyurfut-gear!"

           Sosaying,hestoopedforward,andmadeanattempttolayholdofoneofthefore-legs.

           Itwasunsuccessful.Thehorsesuddenlydrewuphishoof;andcommencedhammeringtheflagswithit,snortingasifinfearthatsometrickwasabouttobeplayeduponhim.

           "Durnyouruglykarkidge!"criedZeb,angrilyventingthewords."Whydon’tyestan’still?Who’sgoin’tohurtye?Come,olecritter!"hecontinuedcoaxingly,"Ionlywanttoseehowyouv’ebeenshod."

           Againheattemptedtoliftthehoof,butwaspreventedbytherestivebehaviourofthehorse.

           "Wal,thisairadifeequiltyIdidn’texpeck,"mutteredhe,glancingroundtoseehowitmightbeovercome.

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