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Osterman
’
s
Ranch
house
was
left
to
the
eastward
;
the
army
of
the
guests
hurrying
forward
—
for
it
began
to
be
late
—
to
where
around
a
flag
pole
,
flying
a
red
flag
,
a
vast
crowd
of
buggies
and
horses
was
already
forming
.
The
marshals
began
to
appear
.
Hooven
,
descending
from
the
farm
wagon
,
pinned
his
white
badge
to
his
hat
brim
and
mounted
his
horse
.
Osterman
,
in
marvellous
riding
clothes
of
English
pattern
,
galloped
up
and
down
upon
his
best
thoroughbred
,
cracking
jokes
with
everybody
,
chaffing
,
joshing
,
his
great
mouth
distended
in
a
perpetual
grin
of
amiability
.
“
Stop
here
,
stop
here
,
”
he
vociferated
,
dashing
along
in
front
of
Presley
and
Harran
,
waving
his
crop
.
The
procession
came
to
a
halt
,
the
horses
’
heads
pointing
eastward
.
The
line
began
to
be
formed
.
The
marshals
perspiring
,
shouting
,
fretting
,
galloping
about
,
urging
this
one
forward
,
ordering
this
one
back
,
ranged
the
thousands
of
conveyances
and
cavaliers
in
a
long
line
,
shaped
like
a
wide
open
crescent
.
Its
wings
,
under
the
command
of
lieutenants
,
were
slightly
advanced
.
Far
out
before
its
centre
Osterman
took
his
place
,
delighted
beyond
expression
at
his
conspicuousness
,
posing
for
the
gallery
,
making
his
horse
dance
.
“
Wail
,
aindt
dey
gowun
to
gommence
den
bretty
soohn
,
”
exclaimed
Mrs
.
Hooven
,
who
had
taken
her
husband
’
s
place
on
the
forward
seat
of
the
wagon
.
“
I
never
was
so
warm
,
”
murmured
Minna
,
fanning
herself
with
her
hat
.
All
seemed
in
readiness
.
For
miles
over
the
flat
expanse
of
stubble
,
curved
the
interminable
lines
of
horses
and
vehicles
.
At
a
guess
,
nearly
five
thousand
people
were
present
.
The
drive
was
one
of
the
largest
ever
held
.
But
no
start
was
made
;
immobilized
,
the
vast
crescent
stuck
motionless
under
the
blazing
sun
.
Here
and
there
could
be
heard
voices
uplifted
in
jocular
remonstrance
.
“
Oh
,
I
say
,
get
a
move
on
,
somebody
.
”
“
ALL
aboard
.
”
“
Say
,
I
’
ll
take
root
here
pretty
soon
.
”
Some
took
malicious
pleasure
in
starting
false
alarms
.
“
Ah
,
HERE
we
go
.
”
