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Updated: May 25, 2025
That came of her having given up riding-exercise. And all to please Mr. Henry. He did not ride himself, and felt nervous or perhaps a little jealous when his wife was on horseback. She was still very pretty of course though by daylight the fine bloom of her cheeks began to break up into a network of tiny veins and her fair, smooth brow bore no trace of the tragedy she has gone through.
His riding-groom had been one of his soldier-servants in the cavalry regiment a quaint sour tempered old man, not at all the sort of person to attend on a young lady taking her riding-exercise alone. "We must find a smart fellow who can be trusted," said the General. "I shall inquire at the club." For a week afterward, a succession of grooms, recommended by friends, applied for the vacant place.
After the third christening, however, he came to the conclusion that matters were serious and started playing his old game with the inevitable results: doctor, sick-leave, riding-exercise, port! But there must be an end of it, at all costs. Every time the balance-sheet showed a deficit. But when, finally, his whole nervous system went out of joint, he let nature have her own way.
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