20/30 Let her caper and kick in the paddock to her heart's content. Time enough to break her to harness when she gets a little older." The door opened, and Magdalen returned with the key. She unlocked the post-bag at the sideboard and poured out the letters in a heap. Sorting them gayly in less than a minute, she approached the breakfast-table with both hands full, and delivered the letters all round with the business-like rapidity of a London postman. |