. About buying a horse, &c. & Horses. CHAPTER VIII. AT clumber's — INTERVIEWING THE COB — SQUINTING GROOM—POINTS— UNDECIDED. HE Cob is brought out into Clumber's Stable- yard. We—Mr. Spoker, Clumber, and myself —eye it in silence. Being nervous about com- mitting myself on the subject, I do not intend to be the first to speak. " Beautiful Cob, that !" says Mr. Clumber, finding that he must say something. He is standing by me, with his legs wide apart, his hands clasped behind his back, and his head very much on one side, eyeing the mare, not me. " Be-auty, she is ! Be
. About buying a horse, &c. & Horses. CHAPTER VIII. AT clumber's — INTERVIEWING THE COB — SQUINTING GROOM—POINTS— UNDECIDED. HE Cob is brought out into Clumber's Stable- yard. We—Mr. Spoker, Clumber, and myself —eye it in silence. Being nervous about com- mitting myself on the subject, I do not intend to be the first to speak. " Beautiful Cob, that !" says Mr. Clumber, finding that he must say something. He is standing by me, with his legs wide apart, his hands clasped behind his back, and his head very much on one side, eyeing the mare, not me. " Be-auty, she is ! Be-auty !" he repeats, as if he really couldn't get over the fact of her overwhelming loveliness. The Ostler, who is holding the mare's head in a rope halter, sniffs assent, and relieves his feelings in a slight cough. He squints so horribly that I don't know whether he has his eye on me, or Clumber, or Spoker; or one eye on Clumber and myself, on the left-hand side of the horse, and the other on Spoker, who is on the horse's right. He is a capital man for Clumber to have out to show the horse, as it is impossible to tell from either of the Groom's. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836-1917. London : Bradbury, Agnew
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