Chapter 30
THE BUZZ ABOUT the remarkable quality of sport shown by the Montfair hounds spread through the membership and to fellow enthusiasts from neighboring environs as well. A few who had traveled from afar to attend the memorial service for Fergus arranged to stay over to enjoy what everyone expected would be another splendid morning of fox chasing. Thumper counted nearly four times the number of trailers normally seen for an early season Tuesday morning hunt.
He sought out Marva Henderson and found her just about to mount Emmie, her number-two horse. “Looks like we’re going to have to enforce the guest limit,” he said. “We can’t tell the members not to come, but we may have to get serious about keeping down the number of guests.”
“I’ll get an email out as soon as I get home,” Marv
