EMBARRASSING.
Curate. "Hello, Regie! Ah, it's good to be you! A Poor Beggar like Me, you see, has to be content with Running after the Hounds on Foot."
Regie (who, as the Son of our M.F.H., has all the Hunting-Man's horror of Foot-people). "Ah—yes. And the Pater says he wouldn't mind that so much, if only half the Parish didn't sometimes turnout to Run after You!"