5/11 He has more money than he knows what to do with. Why, he has twenty horses now, and is building loose-boxes for ten more, and he won't look at one under a hundred pounds. Rawlings has got a fine place, he has that." "I am surprised he should have left the kennels, though. He loses his chance of ever becoming huntsman." "He is as good as that now, sir. He had a present of fifty pounds to start with, gets as many shillings a week and all found, and has the entire management of the stables, and with a gentleman like Mr.Fortescue there'll be some nice pickings." "Very likely. |