Chapter 15: Phoebus Adest

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠The Coffee-room of the Blue Boar wore a remarkably cheerful aspect on the evening of the day on which we have seen something of Beau Ripple's methods. There had been a splendid run from Oaktree Common across the downs to Deadman's Coppice, where a short check only lent a spice to that glorious final run across Baverstock Ridge until they killed just outside Farmer Hogbin's famous barn. And after t