[Follow My leader by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookFollow My leader CHAPTER TWO 3/15
As for the waggonette it was lying equally comfortably on its side, with one wheel up in the air. "Shaft broken," said the driver, "that's all." "That's all!" said Dick, dolefully, "we shall catch it, and no mistake." The man grinned. "You can't expect to play games of that sort without scratching the varnish off," said he.
"No fault of yours you haven't got your necks broke." "Suppose we try to get her up ?" said Richardson, looking as if this last information had very little comfort in it. So among them they unharnessed the mare and managed to disengage her from the vehicle and get her to her feet. "She's all sound," said the man, after a careful overhauling. "She's a cad," said Dick, "and I shouldn't have been sorry if she'd broken her neck.
Look at the smash she's made." The trap was indeed far worse damaged than they supposed as first.
Not only was a shaft broken, but a wheel was off, and the rail all along one side was torn away.
It was clear there was no more driving to be got out of it that afternoon, and the boys gave up the attempt to raise it in disgust. "Do you know Tom, our man--Ashford's man ?" said Dick. "Who? Tom Tranter? Yes, I knows him." "Well, you'll meet him on the road between here and Markridge, walking, or perhaps running.
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