The Testimony Of The Hanged Man (Lizzie Martin 5) - Plot & Excerpts
That animal is bred for the purpose and is, as working horses go, a regular diamond. He’ll keep going all day without going lame or starting to wheeze or otherwise breaking down. He’s a young horse, too, you know, only a six year old. I had to pay handsome for him,’ added Wally confidentially, ‘but he’ll repay me with years of hard work, reliable as Big Ben is at telling the time.’ A smile of pride creased his battered ex-prizefighter’s features and rendered them, if possible, even more alarming. The three of us, Wally, Bessie and myself, gazed at Victor as he waited, one hind hoof tipped, in the shafts of the four-wheeled growler, just outside our modest house. Victor in turn rolled a large brown eye at us, as if assessing what Bessie and I might weigh, without baggage. What he saw must have reassured him, for he sighed and settled down as if to doze off. ‘He looks quiet enough,’ observed Bessie. ‘He’s half asleep.’ ‘He’s an excellent temperament. You’ve got to have a cab horse with a good temperament.
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