The Morbid Man. Call that a brook! It ain't a couple of inches deep—it's more mud than water! No fear (he means, "no hope") of any on 'em getting a ducking over that!
[And so it turns out; the horses take the jump with more or less success, but without a single saddle being vacated. The Judges award a red and blue rosette to the riders of the best and second horses respectively, and the proceedings terminate for the afternoon amidst demonstrations of hearty satisfaction from all but The Morbid Man, who had expected there would have been "more to see."
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| Transcriber's Note: Sundry missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired. Page 291: 'Matineé' corrected to 'Matinée': "Miss Blank will make her first appearance in Juliet at a Matinée". |