"Yes," Cid had rather grimly replied; "you will find people here just as broad as you will allow them to be,"—for which remark he had been promptly and properly snubbed.
As the two young people gave their horses the rein, a carriage rolled by them, in which were seated Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Fallow-Deer; the latter called out to Gladys,—
"You are late, dear! You must trot along very fast, or they will be off without you."
An excellent horsewoman was Gladys Carleton, and she never appeared to more advantage than when in the saddle. At Mrs. Fallow-Deer's warning, she touched her tall sorrel lightly with her crop, and the two young people rode off at a sharp pace. Arriving at the rendezvous, they found a large group of riders, twenty or thirty men, and half as many women, all well mounted and well got up.
Some of the gentlemen wore pink coats, others were in plain riding-dress. The
