The Ostler and the Lady Chapter Seven Come on Trafalgar
Heading for Doncaster race meeting, settled high on the carriage seat of the horsebox, Jack Wetherley knew he was going to have to suppress his growing excitement of what lay ahead. He flicked at the reins to urge on the two new dray horses in order to keep pace with the carriage that Alf, the chief ostler, was driving sitting alongside Nate Oliver, their valued jockey.Inside the carriage was Sir Oswald Brandling, and, surprisingly, his wife, Lady Brandling, who had missed the York race, but...
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