Henry Lonslow fancied that he was a better rider than he actually was. Elated with his marriage and that his wife had a considerable fortune of her own, he insisted on building up extensive stables that he had never before been able to afford.
He bought very many horses when he did not really know enough about them to choose the best.
So it was when he was breaking in a young stallion that he was thrown over a high jump. The fall not only broke his spine, but the horse rolled on him.
Orlina was completely horrified when she heard about what had happened.
Sarah, however, did not particularly want Orlina’s or anyone else’s sympathy. She had found her husband to be coarse, lacking in intelligence and without any of the charm and breeding that was characteristic of her father.
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