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Updated: May 21, 2025
The weather was fine next day, and the Castle party drove ten miles to a rustic racecourse, where there was a meeting of a very insignificant character, but interesting to Mr. Armstrong, to whom a horse was a source of perennial delight, and a fair excuse for a long gay drive, and a picnic luncheon in carriages and on coach-boxes.
Imagine every thing ready, the square formed, the box in its centre, and a silent multitude looking on, some perched on trees, some on the coach-boxes of the numerous carriages, others on horseback, and thousands on foot; whilst the native chief of the district, with his friends, and the European officials of the place, occupied a gay pavilion, placed in an advantageous situation for viewing the coming strife.
Devereux where to look out for the Esperanza and the schooner's boat. 'Then I drive down alone, Mrs. Devereux said. The gentlemen were all off, and every available maid with them on the coach-boxes, a brilliant sight that had been missed by Nevil and Cecilia. 'Why, here's Lydiard! said Nevil, supposing that Lydiard must be approaching him with tidings of the second Tory candidate.
Devereux where to look out for the Esperanza and the schooner's boat. 'Then I drive down alone, Mrs. Devereux said. The gentlemen were all off, and every available maid with them on the coach-boxes, a brilliant sight that had been missed by Nevil and Cecilia. 'Why, here's Lydiard! said Nevil, supposing that Lydiard must be approaching him with tidings of the second Tory candidate.
The rumour had then spread itself through the whole town from Pimlico to Marylebone. Men coming home from clubs had told their wives. Ladies who had been in the park had heard it. Even the hairdressers had it, and ladies' maids had been instructed by the footmen and grooms who had been holding horses and seated on the coach-boxes.
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