Chapter 13 A SENSATIONAL DERBY STRUGGLE

Is it for sordid pelf that horses race?

Or can it be the glory that they go for?

Neither; they know the steed that shows best pace

Will get his flogging all the sooner over!

Reflection at a Racecourse.-H. B. J.

THE Duchess, seeing that her plot was foiled by the unexpected arrival of Mr Bhosh, made the frantic endeavour to hedge hers