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Updated: May 2, 2025
And held to a proud sedateness by their tiny riders, the contenders in the derby filed through the paddock-gate. At the head of these leashed falcons was a haughty, burnished, slender-legged beauty the proudest of them all. Her neck was curving to the bit and she seemed to acknowledge with a gracious bow the roar of acclamation that greeted her.
There were the plates to wash and the knives to clean, and when they were done there were potatoes, cabbage, onions to prepare, saucepans to fill with water, coal to fetch for the fire. She worked steadily without flagging, fearful of Mrs. Barfield, who would come down, no doubt, about ten o'clock to order dinner. The race-horses were coming through the paddock-gate; Margaret called to Mr.
It was Edith who let Tom's chickens out for a run, and the cat came and killed two of them; that was just before she forgot to shut the paddock-gate, when the donkey got into mamma's flower-garden and spoilt all the best plants.
And he did use to run to paddock-gate when he wur a little un, and I wur a-goin' to feed chicken he'd know my very foot, and he'd come prancin' to meet I, and put his little nose in the bucket. Dear, to be sure, I mind it just so well as if it wur yesterday!" The farmer laughed and stroked his beard. "'E-es, he was a wonderful knowin' colt," he agreed, placidly.
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