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'The deuce it is! muttered Sponge; adding, 'Well, I'll go and see my groom, at all events. So saying, he rang the bell as if the house was his own, and desired Spigot to show him the way to his servant. Leather, of course, was in the servants' hall, refreshing himself with cold meat and ale, after his ride up from Lucksford.
'I purpose being with you to-morrow, by the express train, which I see, by Bradshaw, arrives at Lucksford a quarter to three. I shall only bring two hunters and a hack, so perhaps you could oblige me by taking them in for the short time I shall stay, as it would not be convenient for me to separate them. Hoping to find Mrs. Jawleyford and the young ladies well, I remain, dear sir,
'Yours very truly, 'To JAWLEYFORD, Esq., Jawleyford Court, Lucksford. 'Curse the fellow! exclaimed Jawleyford, nearly choking himself with a fish bone, as he opened and read the foregoing at breakfast. 'Curse the fellow! he repeated, stamping the letter under foot, as though he would crush it to atoms. 'Who ever saw such a piece of impudence as that!
Finding that he had ridden the hack up, he desired Leather to leave him there. 'Tell the groom I must have him put up, said Sponge; 'and you ride the chestnut on in the morning. How far is it to Dundleton Tower? asked he. 'Twelve or thirteen miles, they say, from here, replied Leather; 'nine or ten from Lucksford.
True to a minute, the hissing engine drew the swiftly gliding train beneath the elegant and costly station at Lucksford an edifice presenting a rare contrast to the wretched old red-tiled, five-windowed house, called the Red Lion, where a brandy-faced blacksmith of a landlord used to emerge from the adjoining smithy, to take charge of any one who might arrive per coach for that part of the country.
Scamperdale shall keep our side of the country till you come; there are capital stables at Lucksford, close to the station, and you shall have a stall for your hack at Jawleyford, and a man to look after him, if you like; so now, don't say nay your time shall be ours we shall be at home all the rest of the winter, and I flatter myself, if you once come down, you will be inclined to repeat your visit; at least, I hope so.
At length, with a mane full of gravel, a side well smeared, and a 'Wilkinson & Kidd' sadly scratched, the ci-devant actor arose, much to the relief of the village lad, who having indulged in a gallop as he brought him from Lucksford, expected his death would be laid at his door. No sooner was he up, than, without waiting for him to shake himself, Mr.
'Well, that'll do, said Sponge; 'you tell the groom here to have the hack saddled for me at nine o'clock, and you ride Multum in Parvo quietly on, either to the meet or till I overtake you. 'But how am I to get back to Lucksford? asked Leather, cocking up a foot to show how thinly he was shod. 'Oh, just as you can, replied Sponge; 'get the groom here to set you down with his master's hacks.
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