18/31 Yet I think the price is worth the paying. And now, Tom, if that grand horse of yours is as little weary as she looks, let us forth together to some place where none may follow us. And let me tell you that it is not to every one Lord Claud would present his favourite mare, trained like a human creature for her trade." "You know her ?" asked Tom eagerly. There be some of her fierce tricks that have been learned from my hand. I have been teaching the same to Wildfire and Wildgoose. |