"Very much so, thank you. Though I must say I don't care about feeling my life in danger. I hope you enjoyed yours."
"No"—shortly—"I did not. I never enjoyed anything less."
"How unfortunate! Was her ladyship thoughtful, or ill-tempered, or what?"
"She had nothing to do with it. I was thinking of you the entire time."
"Of me? How good of you! I am so sorry I cannot return the compliment, but no one was farther from my thoughts than you. Concluding you were happy, I dismissed you from my memory."
"I had a presentiment about those ponies."
"Ah! it was the ponies occupied your mind—not their mistress. That sounds far more natural."
"They are vicious, and not to be depended upon," continues 'Duke, declining to notice my interruption. "I shall dispose of them the very first opportunity."
"Indeed you shall do nothing of the kind. They are mine, and I will not have them sold."
"Well, keep them, if you insist upon it; but certainly you shall never drive them again."