![]() ![]() ![]() The man who owns the company humors Henry by giving him the job, but he's sure that the titled nobleman won't stick it out for very long. He works in an office that arranges for the transportation of racing horses to countries near and far, but he's bored with that and so takes a job on the planes that actually fly the horses from one destination to another. His parents and elder sisters expect Henry to do the right thing and marry some wealthy heiress who will bail out the family, but Henry wants no part of it and constantly avoids the young women that his mother keeps throwing at him. The massive family home is ancient and falling into disrepair. Like many of Britain's noble families, Henry's has fallen on hard times financially. He's happiest when he's piloting a small rented plane on his days off, alone in the skies over Britain. The last child and the only son in his family, he was largely ignored as a child and developed into something of a loner with few social skills. Henry Grey is heir to a British title but would prefer not to be. However, unlike most of Francis's novels, our hero spends very little time on horseback, and racing constitutes a very minor part of the story. In this Dick Francis novel the protagonist is an amateur jockey. ![]()
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