Here's my lady's cousin; for a man who doesn't
ride often, he went very well to-day."
"I wonder if he'd take a twenty-pound note if I sent it to him," said
Frank, when they broke up for the night. "I don't like the idea of riding
such a fellow's horse for nothing."
"He'll bring an action against the railway, and then you can offer to pay
if you like." Mr. Nappie did bring an action against the railway, claiming
exorbitant damages; but with what result, we need not trouble ourselves to
inquire.
CHAPTER XLI
LIKEWISE THE BEARS IN COUPLES AGREE
Frank Greystock stayed till the following Monday at Portray, but could not
be induced to hunt on the Saturday, on which day the other sporting men
and women went to the meet. He could not, he said, trust to that traitor
MacFarlane, and he feared that his friend Mr. Nappie would not give him
another mount on the grey horse. Lizzie offered him one of her two
darlings, an offer which he, of course, refused; and Lord George also
proposed to put him up. But Frank averred that he had ridden his hunt for
that season, and would not jeopardise the laurels he had gained. "And
moreover," said he, "I should not dare to meet Mr.
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