Rosetta looked surprise and then she exclaimed,
“That is a wonderful idea! Of course, it would be a great attraction in this part of the world, but how could you possibly afford it?”
“This is the whole point,” Gordon replied. “That is why we want your help.”
“To pay for your Racecourse?”
“No, no, of course not. Well, not in money, but in persuading the Marquis of Millbrook to help us.”
There was a short pause and then she asked,
“Do you really think I could do it? He is a very strange man from what I have heard. He rarely pays any attention to anything that happens in the County.”
“That is because he is always in London,” Gordon said. “But I have the feeling he might find it interesting, as he is an outstanding rider, to own with us a Racecourse here right under his nose.”
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