He’d expected a kind of monastic retreat. “Some old nutter bought him as a pet for his wife, who had one foot in the grave anyway. Piero, ahead by a fence, looked round to make sure of his lead. Overjoyed, he slipped it into his left boot.
” Jake sat up on his elbow, his eyes deeply shadowed in his tanned face. He cursed himself for being a fool. Sailor gave three bucks to show he hadn’t fallen asleep and the crowd roared their appreciation. There was a clattering of hooves as they jumped into the road and out again, and set off towards the beech copse, which had been liberally sprayed with pepper and Anti-mate.
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