Part 7 The Little Shop at Fishbourne Chapter 5

Hinks, the saddler, two shops further down the street, was a different case. Hinks was the aggressor - practically.

Hinks was a sporting man in his way, with that taste for checks in costume and tight trousers which is, under Providence, so mysteriously and invariably associated with equestrian proclivities. At first Mr. Polly took to him as a c