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Pretty Kitty Herrick the Horsebreaker; A Romance of Love and Sport
Pretty Kitty Herrick the Horsebreaker A Romance of Love and Sport Author:Mrs. Edward Kennard General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: J.A. Taylor and Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Chapter V. LOVE-MAKING. A Slight mist obscured Kitty's vision as she watched her late companion go up to Charlton and enter into conversation with him. "Poor old Algy," she soliloquized. "Why wouldn't he take a hint and hold his tongue. Men are so stupid; and yet I'm awfully sorry for him. He's such a good soul, and I believe he's genuinely fond of me. Papa likes him, too, and in some ways it's unfortunate that I can't return his affection; but I can't, especially since I've known Cyril, so it's no use thinking about it. Now, I suppose things will be more uncomfortable between Us than ever. He'll get to calling me Miss Herrick next. Heigh, ho! It's a sad pity he wont content himself with our relations being friendly and nothing more. One can't marry everybody in this world, even if one wanted to. I wonder where Cyril is all this time. I hope to goodness he has not had a bad fall and broken his bones. I'm always afraid of some accident happening to him. He does ride so hard, and even recklessly, that I often wish he had just a trifle of Lord Algy's judgment." People were now beginning to arrive from various directions, and at length, to her great joy, she perceived the object of her thoughts coming cantering along with a very black face and a very muddy coat, plastered over with Midlandshire clay. She went up to him at once, unable to conceal her anxiety, in spite of the sting implanted by Lord Algy's remarks. " Oh, Captain Mordaunt," she exclaimed, " I am grieved beyond measure to see you in this plight, and do hope you are not hurt." "Thanks," he repl...« less