“Ate too much fried horse.”
“Fried horse? Where did they get that?”
“Stable burned down.”
“My stable burned down, cattle and all? Awful! What about the castle?”
“Oh, the castle is all right.”
The Baron thought it over for the space of a mile, then said:
“You are sure the castle was not hurt by the fire?”
“Sure, only the two wings burned down.”
“But the family is safe?”
“Yes, the family is all right.”