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`` Maybe we wo n't , then -- for _ you _ , '' teased Tilly , saucily . `` We 'll just let them take time for ours . '' It is a question , however , if that afternoon , even Tilly wanted to ride ; for , according to Cordelia 's notes that night in `` Things to do , '' they saw a broncho `` bursted . '' It was Mr. Tim who had said at the dinner table that noon : `` If you young people happen to be on hand , say at about four o'clock , you 'll see something doing . Reddy 's got a horse or two he 's going to put through their paces -- and one of 'em 's never been saddled . '' Privately , to Mr. Hartley , Mrs. Kennedy objected a little . `` Are you sure , Mr. Hartley , the girls ought to witness such a sight ? ''