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First in the Field

CHAPTER EIGHT
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"I like the boy who is not afraid to own that he is alarmed; and better still to hear you say through your teeth that you will not be beaten-- metaphorically, of course.

Now, then, we understand our position.

This is not boasting, mind--look at me.

You see me here ?" "Yes, father," said Nic, feeling envious of the easy, upright position of his father in the saddle.
"Let me tell you, then, that I feel as easy and comfortable here as if I were seated upon a cushion in a carriage.

More so, for this noble beast knows me as I know him, and after a fashion we are as one together in going over the ground.


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