Saturday, May 19, 2012

HIGH RISING - 7













BLOOD SPORTS II


"... Sibyl, before she went, invited Tony to come and help with a little rough shooting on the following day..."

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

HIGH RISING - 6

BLOOD SPORTS I


"... she pulled out a foxcub's tail, mounted on a handle, with the inscription, 'Risings Hunt.  November, 1828', which was a mistake of a century on the part of the local naturalist, but Laura had never liked to have it altered.  On this cub Tony had been blooded, at the instigation of Gerald and John.  He hadn't enjoyed the ceremony at all, but another and smaller boy had been frightened and cried, which had made Tony boast quite unbearably of his superior pluck and true blueness."