“That was Malise. “I don’t think I could ever look at a grapefruit or a lettuce leaf again. He took a deep breath. Surely yesterday’s medal proved Jake was the greater rider than Rupert?She even found time to go and give Macaulay two apples and tell him about his master’s great triumph.
”Down in the collecting ring, Malise told Rupert the same thing:“Macaulay’s a big brave horse. “We can’t’ said Fen, aghast. “Yes,” she said nervously, coming out of the tackroom 304 with a carrot in one hand and the magazine in the other. “I’m like a terrible first night, but first nights are lucky enough to fold, while I have to flop on for ever,” she said to herself.
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