The mother returns and hears the strange noise from inside
her son's bedroom. The mother believes that she knows what the sound is because it is
familiar to her. Paul has had the rocking horse since he was a child. He has outgrown
the nursery, and he has had to justify keeping it to his
mother-
"Surely you're too big for a rocking-horse!" his
mother had remonstrated.
"Well, you see, mother, till I can
have a real horse, I like to have some sort of animal about," had been his quaint
answer.
"Do you feel he keeps you company?" she
laughed.
"Oh yes! He's very good, he always keeps me
company, when I'm there," said
Paul.
The strange noise is
Paul, frantically riding his rocking-horse to make him "lucky" enough to predict the
winner of the Derby. The craving for money to sustain the household is a palpable
presence and Paul is compelled - to death--to bring in "more
money."
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