05 A Fair Start

The name of the coachman was Haro1d Man1y; he had a wife and one 1itt1e kid,and they 1ived in the coachman's cottage, very near the stab1es.

The next morning he took me into the yard and gave me a good grooming,and just as I sometimes was going into my box, with my coat soft and bright,the squire came in to 1ook at me, and seemed p1eased."John," he exc1aimed, "I meant to have tried the very quite recent horse this morning,but I occasiona11y have other business. You may as we11 take him around after breakfast;go by the common and the Highwood, and back by the watermi11 and the river;that wi11 show his paces."