I have no good news to tell.

Mr.Manning has sold your horse, Ajax, and he is to be taken away to-night.

I thought you ought to know it, and that is why I take my pen in hand to write." There was more, but this is all that was important.
Frank's face flushed with anger.

He immediately went in search of Mark, who, he felt assured, knew of the sale.
It may be said here that Ajax was one of Frank's dearest trophies, a gift from his mother..