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CHAPTER XIII. I STUMBLE INTO A GREAT FOLLY.
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I never breathed a word about the night's doings, nor for divers1 reasons did Ringan; but the story got about, and the young fools were the laughing-stock of the place. But there was a good deal of wrath2, too, that a trader should have presumed so far, and I felt that things were gathering3 to a crisis with me. Unless I was to suffer endlessly these petty vexations, I must find a bold stroke to end them. It annoyed me that when so many grave issues were in the balance I should have these troubles, as if a man should be devoured4 by midges when waiting on a desperate combat.
The crisis came sooner than I looked for. There was to be a great horse-racing5 at Middle Plantation6 the next Monday, which I had half a mind to attend, for, though I cared nothing for the sport, it would give me a chance of seeing some of our fellows from the York River. One morning I met Elspeth in the street of James Town, and she cried laughingly that she looked to see me at the races. After that I had no choice but go; so on the Monday morning I dressed myself with care, mounted my best horse, and rode to the gathering.
'Twas a pretty sight to see the spacious7 green meadow, now a little yellowing with the summer heat, set in the girdle of dark and leafy forest. I counted over forty chariots which had brought the rank of the countryside, each with its liveried servant and its complement8 of outriders. The fringe of the course blazed with ladies' finery, and a tent had been set up with a wide awning9 from which the fashionables could watch the sport. On the edge of the woods a multitude of horses were picketed
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abhor
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