He had undertaken to hunt the country for this season,
and they had undertaken to pay him a certain sum of money. He
should expect and demand that sum of money. If they chose to make
any other arrangement for the year following they could do so.
then he sat down and the meeting was adjourned,--the secretary
having declared that he would not act in that capacity any longer,
nor collect the funds. A farmer had also asserted that he and his
friends had resolved that Major Tifto should not ride over their
fields. On the next day the Major had his hounds out, and some of
the London men, with a few of the neighbours, joined him. Gates
were locked, but the hounds ran, and those who chose to ride
managed to follow them. There are men who will stick to their
sport though Apollyon himself should carry the horn. Who cares
whether the lady who fills a theatre be or be not a moral young
woman, or whether the bandmaster who keeps such excellent time in
a ball has or has not paid is debts? There were men of this sort
who supported Major Tifto;--but then there was a general opinion
that the Runnymede hunt would come to an end unless a new master
could be found.
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