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As John Fry whispered, so I did, for he was off Smiler by this time; but our two pads were too fagged to go far, and began to nose about and crop, sniffing more than they need have done. I crept to John's side very softly, with the bridle on my arm. 'Let goo braidle; let goo, lad. Plaise God they take them for forest-ponies, or they'll zend a bullet through us.
Outside the gate a couple of forest-ponies were waiting, stout, lively, five-year-olds, equal, if not to a two-forty heat, yet to twenty miles of steady trot without distress, brown and sleek as you please, with the knowingest eyes, and intelligence expressed in the impatient stamp of the fore-foot, and good-humor in the twitching of the ear.
As John Fry whispered, so I did, for he was off Smiler by this time; but our two pads were too fagged to go far, and began to nose about and crop, sniffing more than they need have done. I crept to John's side very softly, with the bridle on my arm. "Let goo braidle; let goo, lad. Plaise God they take them for forest-ponies, or they'll zend a bullet through us."
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