but the doctor never came , as you well know , because geoffrey 's horse tripped on the top rail of that rotten mr cranthorpe 's toll-gate when geoffrey tried to jump it - i hope that dirty bird gets his comeuppance in misery 's retum , paul , i really do - and geoffrey broke his shoulder and some of his ribs and lay there most of the night in the rain until the sheep-herder 's boy came along and found him .