[The Queen’s Cup by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Queen’s Cup CHAPTER 7 18/31
The entries do not close till next Saturday." "You will call and see us, of course, Frank ?" Lady Greendale said. "Haverley has a big schooner yacht, and I dare say we shall be a good deal on the water." "I shall certainly do myself the pleasure of calling, Lady Greendale." "I warn you, Frank, that Bertha and I will be very disappointed if the Osprey does not win the cup.
We regard ourselves as being, to some extent, her proprietors; and it will be a grievous blow to us if you don't win." "I do not feel by any means sure about it," he said.
"I fancy there will be several boats that have not raced yet this season, and as two of them are new ones, there is no saying what they may turn out." Frank only stayed two days in town.
He learned from Jack Hawley that it was reported that Lord Chilson and George Delamore had both been refused by Bertha Greendale. "Chilson went away suddenly," he said.
"As to Delamore, of course as he is a Member he had to stop through the Session, but from what I hear, and as you know I have some good sources of information, I am pretty sure that he has got his conge too.
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