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A Short-tempered Person -- Gravitation -- The Best Endowment -- Mary Fulcher -- Fair Dealing -- Horse-witchery -- Darius and his Groom -- The Jockey's Tricks -- The Two Characters -- The Jockey's Song.
The jockey, having taken off his coat and advanced towards me, as I have stated in the preceding chapter, exclaimed, in an angry tone, "This is the third time you have interrupted me in my tale, Mr. Rye; I passed over the two first times with a simple warning, but you will now please to get up and give me the satisfaction of a man."