Chapter 24

Ginger was never put into the carriage again, but when she was well of her bruises one of the Lord W----'s younger sons said he should like to have her; he was sure she would make a good hunter. As for me, I was obliged still to go in the carriage, and had a fresh partner called Max; he had always been used to the tight rein. I asked him how it was he bore it. “Well,” he said, “I bear it because I must; but it is shortening my life, and it will shorten yours too if you have to stick to it.” “Do you think,” I said, …