![]() Basically, I supervised.'The Happy Series was created to bring happiness into the classroom because experts agree that it's easier to help pupils learn a language in a positive learning environment. And I also went up there to his farm, sometimes two or three times a week. Or he'd breed racehorses and sell them when they were old enough to be trained for the track. Sometimes it was yearlings he would buy from me and just leave them here to be trained for two years. We picked plastic chairs and sat with our backs to the arena, overlooking woods. 'Well, Windsong may have gotten out somehow,' I said again. 'Unless you're right about Windsong, the horse Kenny's on now is the only one he has left. 'But Lord knows, Kenny's had girlfriends before, and I don't always know about them,' Foster said, turning around in her chair to look back inside the ring. I knew right then he did not want us here. he showed no sign of recognition or relief. He was an excellent equestrian, and when he met my eyes as he went by. ![]() ![]() Horses in their stalls neighed and whinnied as horse and rider went by, and although I recognized Kenneth Sparkes in his English saddle, I had never seen him in dirty denim and boots. Marino coughed and squinted because red dust was thick in the air, kicked up by the cantering of a chestnut Morgan mare. Marino was not particularly interested in the surviving horse, and as we entered the indoor ring, we were greeted by the sound of hooves and the clucking of bantam roosters and guinea hens that wandered about freely. Sparkes picked up speed and thundered toward us, and the guinea hens lifted up their feathery skirts to hurry out of the way. 'It may be that one horse survived the fire,' I told her. She didn't comment at first, and we drew nearer to a big red barn and a Beware of Dog sign on a fence post. 'Did you ever see anyone when you went to work with his horses?' 'Did you know anything about a lady maybe staying with him in Warrenton?' I asked as we headed back outside again. 'Is there someplace we can talk to him?' I asked Foster. ![]() 'What about a star-strip-snip?' she asked, referring to the white stripe on the horse's forehead. 'A lovely old guy with a very bad heart,' she said. ![]()
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