About this story
On the roads Sophia finds you at Upton and leaves her muff behind, London brings Mrs Miller's lodgings and a duel in the Marylebone fog, and in Newgate the woman at the grating proves she is Jenny Jones and your mother was Bridget. Sixty-eight chapters carry you from a broken arm in the hunt field to the fence by the brook taken at peace.
How it opens
The hounds crossed the far field while riders scattered behind their voices.
Squire WesternForward, Tom! A fence grows taller the longer a man studies it.
Sophia Western kept near her father despite taking no pleasure in the chase.
Papa, the ground beyond that hedge falls sharply toward the brook.
Squire WesternThe mare knows every hollow better than a timid groom.
Choose
Sophia, give the mare room and miss the fence.
Squire, call your daughter back from the drop.