Beasts and Super-Beasts Summary

"The Brogue" details the presence of a brown gelding, known at "The Brogue" or "The Berserker" because of its tendency to run in a pattern reminiscent of "forked lightening" at the slightest provocation. The things that prompt this are as small as a gate "painted too aggressively white." The horst is owned by the Mullets who have tried to get rid of it for years. When Mrs. Mullet tells Clovis Sangrail that she has finally succeeded, he offers congratulations but then learns that the purchaser, Mr. Penricarde, is now interested in one of Mrs. Mullet's daughter, Jessie. Mrs. Mullet fears that Mr. Penricarde will be killed riding the horse, making her daughter a widow before they have the chance to marry. Clovis suggests that Jessie ask for the horse back but that ploy fails. He then volunteers to keep...