“Yes?” responded Reginald, turning back and looking at him gravely. “Look sharp, then, for I’m in a hurry.”
“You have been brought up amongst horses since you were the size of Maurice, and ought to know all about them, both from a civil and military point of view——”
“Well, what is it?” impatiently.
“On which side of a horse does the most hair grow?”
“The side the mane is on.”
“No; try again.”
“The off side!—the near side!”
“No. Give it up?”
“Yes, of course I do.”
“The outside! Good riddle, isn’t it?”