I keep
no animals that are not dangerous--I should add--DEADLY!" He
hissed the last sentence between his teeth, and a gloomy frown
descended over his calm brow.
I affected to turn over the tradesman's bills that lay on the
table, for, like all of the Heavystone race, Guy seldom paid cash,
and said:--
"You remind me of the time when Leonidas--"
"O, bother Leonidas and your classical allusions. Come!"
We descended to dinner.
CHAPTER III.
"He carries weight, he rides a race,
'Tis for a thousand pound."
"There is Flora Billingsgate, the greatest coquette and hardest
rider in the country," said my companion, Ralph Mortmain, as we
stood upon Dingleby Common before the meet.
I looked up and beheld Guy Heavystone bending haughtily over the
saddle, as he addressed a beautiful brunette. She was indeed a
splendidly groomed and high-spirited woman. We were near enough to
overhear the following conversation, which any high-toned reader
will recognize as the common and natural expression of the higher
classes.
"When Diana takes the field the chase is not wholly confined to
objects ferae naturae," said Guy, darting a significant glance at
his companion.
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