"I don't know about that," said Larry. "When is there to be a meet
at the Bridge? I haven't heard."

"But I have. Tony Tuppett told me that they would be there this day
fortnight." Tony Tuppett was the huntsman of the U.R.U.

"That's more than Tony can know. He may have guessed it."

"Shall I have the pony if he has guessed right?"

Then the pony was promised; and Kate, trusting in Tony Tuppett's
sagacity, was happy.

"Have you heard of all this about Dillsborough Wood?" asked Mrs.
Masters. The attorney shrank at the question, and shook himself
uneasily in his chair.

"Yes; I've heard about it," said Larry.

"And what do you think about it? I don't see why Lord Rufford is to
ride over everybody because he's a lord." Mr. Twentyman scratched
his head. Though a keen sportsman himself, he did not specially
like Lord Rufford,--a fact which had been very well known to Mrs.
Masters. But, nevertheless, this threatened action against the
nobleman was distasteful to him. It was not a hunting affair, or
Mr. Twentyman could not have doubted for a moment. It was a
shooting difficulty, and as Mr. Twentyman had never been asked to
fire a gun on the Rufford preserves, it was no great sorrow to him
that there should be such a difficulty. But the thing threatened