Excerpt from Long Odds, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel And returning, and at the turning point two lances had been tied together, so as to distinguish that point from the other landmarks. The course chosen ran from the Wells into the desert towards Korti, but in an oblique direction from the regular route. All this had been carefully ex plained to Jack, and it had been decided that the race should be run in the after noon, as soon as the sun got a little low in the heavens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.