An Angel for the Earl (2011)
“Kerry was going to have to sell off the timber stand after all, and the string of hunters he kept stabled at the Abbey. A quick ride around the home farm to burn off some of his fury before confronting his mother showed him how much needed to done. Even his inexperienced eye put the cost at well over what he could realize from the price of his horses. He hadn’t been able to afford the hunt last year anyway; this year looked to be no different. Why should he have the nags eating their heads off in the stables, requiring grooms and exercise boys, when he had better use for the money?
Kerry surprised himself by realizing that he wouldn’t mind half so much selling off his stable in order to make an investment in the future. A new plow, say, or having a work crew come in to dig that drainage ditch. But to pay his mother’s gambling debts to a rogue of a neighbor who most likely fuzzed the cards besides? Now, that was a waste of fine horseflesh, like the prime goer under him right now. To sa...y nothing of that woodland where his tree house still leaned precariously among the branches.MoreLess
Kerry surprised himself by realizing that he wouldn’t mind half so much selling off his stable in order to make an investment in the future. A new plow, say, or having a work crew come in to dig that drainage ditch. But to pay his mother’s gambling debts to a rogue of a neighbor who most likely fuzzed the cards besides? Now, that was a waste of fine horseflesh, like the prime goer under him right now. To sa...y nothing of that woodland where his tree house still leaned precariously among the branches.MoreLess
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