Excerpt from The Fat of the Land, Vol. 2 of 3: A NovelWisely keeping his thoughts to himself, Stephen turned to the younger lady with the remark, I think you have acted like Rarey the horse-tamer: in future, there will be no more trouble with Master Sikes.Sikes what a name for a gander, and thereupon Miss Clavering was supplied with all information respecting the antecedents of this bird, together with the reasons why the Fanshawe family had put up with him so patiently. I believe the rector is quite proud of him, said Mrs Fanshawe in continuation, so we must hope that his Spirit is subdued but not utterly quenched.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.