Without being guilty of intrusion on private hospitality

Without being guilty of intrusion on private hospitality

Without being guilty of intrusion on private hospitality

There is one excellent custom at the hunting-dinners at Brocklesby Park which we may mention, without being guilty of intrusion on private hospitality. At a certain hour the stud-groom enters and says, My Lord, the horses are bedded up; then the whole party rise, make a procession through the stables, and return to coffee in the drawing-room. This custom was introduced by the first Lord Yarborough some half-century ago, in order to break through the habit of late sitting over wine that then was too prevalent.