“Is there any law to prevent my coming into your country?”
“Wo!” cried the red-coated old woman, and the horse stopped, while the blue-coated woman repeated, “Any law? No, not that I know of; but if you are a stranger here you had better look out.”
“Why?” asked Jack.
“You don’t suppose, do you,” she answered, “that our Queen will wind up strangers?”
While Jack was wondering what she meant, the other said:
“I shouldn’t wonder if he goes eight days. Gee!” and the horse went on.
“No, wo!” said the other.
“No, no. Gee! I tell you,” cried the first.
Upon this, to Jack’s intense astonishment, the old horse stopped, and said, speaking through his nose:
“Now, then, which is it to be? I’m willing to gee, and I’m agreeable to wo; but what’s a fellow to do when you say them both together?”