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'Queer, said he of the serenest absence of conscience; and that there must be something not entirely right going on, he strongly inclined to think. It was a confirmed suspicion when he beheld Lord Dannisburgh on the box of a four-in-hand, and the peerless Diana beside him, cockaded lackeys in plain livery and the lady's maid to the rear.
Why! he it was who let me hold the reins for the first time in my life and allowed me to play with the great four-in-hand whip outside the doors of the coach-house. "What became of him?" I asked. "He is no longer serving, I suppose." "He served our master," was the reply. "But he died of cholera ten years ago now that great epidemic that we had.
Dukes, earls, and viscounts flowed from his nimble tongue "When I was hunting with Lord this," or "When I was waltzing with Lady that." His regrets were after the Opera and Almack's, and his height of felicity seemed to be driving a four-in-hand drag. After expatiating to me in the most vociferous manner on the delights of titled society, he turned to Mrs.
The Englishman, uneasy, sought to frame an excuse. "Hold your tongue!" exclaimed the Prince, sharply, "and go and wait my orders." And turning toward the mistress: "Since this man refuses to drive you, I shall have the pleasure of taking you to the station myself," he said, with a charming smile. And as Madame Desvarennes remonstrated, "Oh! I can drive four-in-hand," he added.
"Yes," I said, "but watch me" an injunction scarcely necessary. If ever a woman put her whole mind to a thing, I did on that four-in-hand. There was no place for mistakes. There was no place for anything but the right thing, and do it I must or run the risk of breaking my very dusty, very brown, but none the less precious neck.
Then comes a venerable crocodile, in a royal livery of scarlet and gold, with sixteen capes; and the crocodile is driving four-in-hand from the box of the Bath mail. And suddenly we upon the mail are pulled up by a mighty dial, sculptured with the hours, that mingle with the heavens and the heavenly host.
I have sent you one of the finest studs in all England. Do you hunt, Mr. Windsor?" "Never," answered Mr. Windsor. "Since the farmers have taken to shooting the foxes," continued Mr. Jawkins, "the noble old sport has gone all to pieces, even here; but you drive four-in-hand, I hope. I have ordered a beautiful new break for your use. But you will see, sir, all I have done for you.
Of course one ought not to do this professionally exactly, ought not to prepare for doing it by study and severe discipline, by training for it as for a trade, but simply to toss it off easily, as one makes a call, or pays a compliment, or drives four-in-hand.
With the jawbone of an ass he might put to flight a thousand Philistines, and with a trident drive a four-in-hand of porpoises. We told that to the Captain afterwards, when we got to know him well, and it tickled him greatly. He declared it was the finest compliment he had ever received, and took Walter high in his favour from that moment. Our new friend never wore either collar or vest.
After this was finished I matched my first horses with another pair exactly like them and also bought a small pony for the younger children and a larger one for the boys. It was not long before I had trained my horses to drive either tandem, four-in-hand, or three abreast, and with an assortment of various styles of carriages my equipment was complete.
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