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"
Is
he
a
good
workman
?
"
said
John
Mangles
to
the
quartermaster
.
"
I
know
no
more
about
him
than
you
do
,
captain
,
"
said
Ayrton
.
"
But
we
shall
see
.
"
The
blacksmith
set
to
work
.
Evidently
that
was
his
trade
,
as
they
could
plainly
see
from
the
way
he
set
about
repairing
the
forepart
of
the
wagon
.
He
worked
skilfully
and
with
uncommon
energy
.
The
Major
observed
that
the
flesh
of
his
wrists
was
deeply
furrowed
,
showing
a
ring
of
extravasated
blood
.
It
was
the
mark
of
a
recent
injury
,
which
the
sleeve
of
an
old
woolen
shirt
could
not
conceal
.
McNabbs
questioned
the
blacksmith
about
those
sores
which
looked
so
painful
.
The
man
continued
his
work
without
answering
.
Two
hours
more
and
the
damage
the
carriage
had
sustained
was
made
good
.
As
to
Glenarvan
's
horse
,
it
was
soon
disposed
of
.
The
blacksmith
had
had
the
forethought
to
bring
the
shoes
with
him
.
These
shoes
had
a
peculiarity
which
did
not
escape
the
Major
;
it
was
a
trefoil
clumsily
cut
on
the
back
part
.
McNabbs
pointed
it
out
to
Ayrton
.
"
It
is
the
Black-Point
brand
,
"
said
the
quartermaster
.
"
That
enables
them
to
track
any
horses
that
may
stray
from
the
station
,
and
prevents
their
being
mixed
with
other
herds
.
"
The
horse
was
soon
shod
.
The
blacksmith
claimed
his
wage
,
and
went
off
without
uttering
four
words
.
Half
an
hour
later
,
the
travelers
were
on
the
road
.
Beyond
the
grove
of
mimosas
was
a
stretch
of
sparsely
timbered
country
,
which
quite
deserved
its
name
of
"
open
plain
.
"
Some
fragments
of
quartz
and
ferruginous
rock
lay
among
the
scrub
and
the
tall
grass
,
where
numerous
flocks
were
feeding
.
Some
miles
farther
the
wheels
of
the
wagon
plowed
deep
into
the
alluvial
soil
,
where
irregular
creeks
murmured
in
their
beds
,
half
hidden
among
giant
reeds
.
By-and-by
they
skirted
vast
salt
lakes
,
rapidly
evaporating
.
The
journey
was
accomplished
without
trouble
,
and
,
indeed
,
without
fatigue
.
Lady
Helena
invited
the
horsemen
of
the
party
to
pay
her
a
visit
in
turns
,
as
her
reception-room
was
but
small
,
and
in
pleasant
converse
with
this
amiable
woman
they
forgot
the
fatigue
of
their
day
's
ride
.
Lady
Helena
,
seconded
by
Miss
Mary
,
did
the
honors
of
their
ambulatory
house
with
perfect
grace
.
John
Mangles
was
not
forgotten
in
these
daily
invitations
,
and
his
somewhat
serious
conversation
was
not
unpleasing
.
The
party
crossed
,
in
a
diagonal
direction
,
the
mail-coach
road
from
Crowland
to
Horsham
,
which
was
a
very
dusty
one
,
and
little
used
by
pedestrians
.
