Chapter 42

"They ought to warn off...." He named a number of eminent trainers whose horses had not won that afternoon at Hurst Park. This bearded man backed horses on a system, though his employers would have dropped in their tracks if they had even suspected his favourite recreation. If he had not backed horses, Mr. Leppold would never have got to know him. He soothed the disgruntled punter with certain alluring prospects. "You stay on for a month, then off you pop to South America or South Africa or anywhere you like. There…