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"THAT horse," said George Rapp, slapping the colt on the flank, "is as good a horse as you can get for the money in ten counties, and you won't find anybody that will offer what I do in trade for your old one. Nowhere."
"You'd say that anyway, George Rapp," said Mrs. Potter. "You ain't here to run down what you want to sell. Seems to me the colt acts skittish."