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It apparently being all the same to the chestnut which way he went so long as he had his run, he now bore Sponge back as quickly as he had carried him away, and with yawning mouth, and head in the air, he dashed right at the coming horsemen, charging Lord Scamperdale full tilt as he was in the act of returning his horn to its case. Great was the collision!
Why, even my Lord Scamperdale was 'bliged to give it up, and no man rides harder than my Lord Scamperdale always goes as if he had a spare neck in his pocket. But he couldn't 'unt a pack of 'ounds.
Many of the excited spectators begin hallooing, and straddling, and working their arms as if their gestures and vociferations would assist the race. Lord Scamperdale stands transfixed. He is staring through his silver spectacles at the awkwardly lying ball that represents poor Spraggon.
Spraggon, squinting frightfully at the man, adding, 'go, get me my hack, and don't be talking nonsense there. Our friends then remounted their hacks and parted company in very moderate humours, feeling fully satisfied that his lordship had done it on purpose. 'Hoo-ray, Jack! Hoo-ray! exclaimed Lord Scamperdale, bursting into his sanctum where Mr.
Frostyface and Lord Scamperdale here for the first time diverged from the line the hounds were running, and made for the neck of a smooth, flat, rather inviting-looking piece of ground, instead of crossing it, Sponge, thinking to get a niche, rode to it; and the 'deeper and deeper still' sort of flounder his horse made soon let him know that he was in a bog.
Sponge, you know been hunting with Lord Scamperdale, you know great sportsman, in fact great authority, you know. 'Indeed great authority is he indeed oh yes thinks so p'raps sc-e-e-use me, sir, but des-say, sir, I've forgot more, sir, than Mr. Sponge ever knew, sir. 'Well, but you mustn't tell him so, observed Mr. Puffington, fearful that Bragg might spoil sport.
'Why, that was just what I thought, replied Lord Scamperdale, taking another tumbler of gin; 'that was just what I thought the fellow can ride, and we can't prevent him; and just as I settled that in my sleep, I thought I saw him come staring along, with his great brown horse's head in the air, and crash right a-top of old Lablache. But I see my way clearer with him now.
The hint Lord Scamperdale had given about buying Sponge's horses still occupied Jack's mind; and the more he considered the subject, and the worth of a corner in his lordship's will, the more sensible he became of the truth of the old adage, that 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 'My lord, thought Jack, 'promises fair, but it is but a chance, and a remote one.
So then endeth our thirtieth chapter, and a very pleasant ending it is, for we leave everyone in perfect good humour and spirits, Sponge pleased at having got a fresh billet, Jawleyford delighted at the coming of the lord, and each fair lady practising in private how to sign her Christian name in conjunction with 'Scamperdale. Mr.
Sir Harry was what is technically called 'going it. Like our noble friend, Lord Hard-up, now Earl of Scamperdale, he had worked through the morning of life without knowing what it was to be troubled with money; but, unlike his lordship, now that he had unexpectedly come into some, he seemed bent upon trying how fast he could get through it.
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