11/23 I can't tell why it is that things are done in such a beastly way. Why shouldn't fellows begin to hunt at two or three, so that a fellow needn't get up in the middle of the night ?' 'Because one can't ride by moonlight, Dolly.' 'It isn't moonlight at three. At any rate I can't get myself to Euston Square by nine. I don't think that fellow of mine likes getting up himself. He says he comes in and wakes me, but I never remember it.' 'How many horses have you got at Leighton, Dolly ?' 'How many? |