'It was the unfairest start I ever saw,' said Tifto, almost
getting up from his seat on the coach so as to address Dolly and
Silverbridge on the box.
'What the ---- is the good of that?' said Dolly from the coach-box.
'Take your licking and don't squeal.'
'That's all very well. I can take my licking as well as another
man. But one has to look to the causes of these things. I never
saw Peppermint ride so badly. Before he got round the corner I
wished I'd been on the horse myself.'
'I don't believe it was Peppermint's fault a bit,' said
Silverbridge.
'Well;--perhaps not. Only I did think I was a pretty good judge of
riding.' Then Tifto again settled down into silence.
But though much money had been lost, and a great deal of
disappointment had to be endured by our party in reference to the
Derby, the most injurious and most deplorable event in the day's
history had not occurred yet. Dinner had been ordered at the
Beargarden at seven,--an hour earlier than would have been named
had it not been that Lord Gerald must be at Eastern Counties
Railway Station at nine pm.
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