He desired to sell his horse,--and he desired also to succeed in the run for other reasons than that, though I think he would have found it difficult to define them.
Now they had open grass land for about a mile, but with very heavy fences,--so that the hounds gained upon them a little, and Pollock's weight began to tell.

The huntsman and Burgo were leading with some fortunate county gentleman whose good stars had brought him in upon them at the farmyard gate.

It is the injustice of such accidents as this that breaks the heart of a man who has honestly gone through all the heat and work of the struggle! And the hounds had veered a little round to the left, making, after all, for Claydon's.

"Darned if the Squire warn't right," said Tom.

Sir William, though a baronet, was familiarly called the Squire throughout the hunt.
"We ain't going for Claydon's now ?" asked Burgo.
"Them's Claydon's beeches we sees over there," said Tom.