He turned for the water. “That horse doesn’t seem very keen on Rupert,” said Ivor Braine. Later in the day, Malise called another meeting. He peered into the horticultural tent; it was dark and cool, and smelled like a greenhouse, the huge flower arrangements making a rainbow blaze of colour.
Ludwig got the gold on his great Hanoverian mare, Clara; Carol Kennedy, the American number one male rider, got the silver. Why shouldn’t Billy support her? Billy came back from Hamburg to be told Janey had resigned, but was being paid a big advance to write a book. Rupert left them alone. It had rained solidly for a fortnight beforehand and the ground was again like the Somme.
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