"Over at Market Roding you might get a pony," she said dully. "There is a Mr. Hannaford there. He has ponies. He supplies ponies to circuses, I have heard."
Lady Burdon kissed Percival good-by at the gate. "Lord Burdon shall take you over with Rollo to this Mr. Hannaford," she told him. "That Miss Purdie's cottage? We are going to look in on our way. Run back to your Aunt Maggie. She is tired, I think."
"Well, she's thinking, you know," said Percival.
Lady Burdon laughed. "Thinking, is she, you funny little man? Of what?"
And Percival, in his earnest way: "Well, I don't know. It 'plexes me, you know."
CHAPTER IV
LITTLE 'ORSES AND LITTLE STU-PIDS
I
The pony was obtained from Mr. Hannaford and lessons were arranged with Miss Purdie.