The hounding of Geoffrey Robinson
OH! the fun of the hunt, the thrill of the chase. Does he bolt for open country? Our horses will have the legs of him. Goes he to earth? Send down the dogs. He is after all just another member of a despised species, and for that deserves to suffer.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The hounding of Geoffrey Robinson”
From the December 20th 1997 edition
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