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Updated: May 3, 2025
Now and then a jockey rode his horse far off on the track and came back between the false starts; now and then one kept stubbornly behind the rest and would not start with them. How their several schemes and ambitions were finally reconciled I never could tell, but at last the starter's flag swept down and they were really off.
Years of starting had taught him that self-control was nine out of ten rules which should govern the Starter's actions. "Was there anythin' th' mather wit' yer ancestor's eyes that ye come by, Mister Carson?" The Starter made answer with a smile of good-humored tolerance.
My dear Countess, why speak of managing a thing that is so obviously to be desired?" "You don't understand. Can you smuggle her into the castle without any one knowing a thing about it? You see, she is being watched every minute of the time by detectives, spies, secret agents, lawyers, and Heaven knows who else. The instant she leaves Paris, bang! It will be like the starter's shot in a race.
He felt cool and alert, sure of himself, as in the old days he had felt when he ran races and, the nerve-racking hours of waiting past, he listened for the starter's gun. Subconsciously he was aware he had always been a little afraid of Joan, and that now he was no longer afraid. "Joan, will you marry me?" Her eyes wandered from his face. He waited. "I wonder!" she said softly.
But evidently Lauzanne had no such intention; he seemed quite satisfied with things as they were. That the horses galloping so frantically in front interested him slightly was evidenced by his cocked ears; but beyond that he might as well have been the starter's hack bringing that gentleman along placidly in the rear.
With considerable difficulty he followed Lily up over the side, for his foot was now swollen and painful. Finally, however, they were seated again, buoyed up with the thought of the race's being at last under way when the starter's boat retired from the scene, and word arrived that the race would not be rowed until seven. Tom could not cover his disappointment.
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