ridge-and-furrow

Updated: May 19, 2025

He had the most serene insouciance that ever a man was blessed with; in worry he did not believe he never let it come near him; and beyond a little difficulty sometimes in separating too many entangled rose-chins caught round him at the same time, and the annoyance of a miscalculation on the flat, or the ridge-and-furrow, when a Maldon or Danebury favorite came nowhere, or his book was wrong for the Grand National, Cecil had no cares of any sort or description.

Ouida - Under Two Flags