Shall I try him?
I have a slight inclination to go as hard as you have been going, but he shall have good grooming in the prince's stables, and that 's less than half as near again as Count Pretzel's place; and a horse like this ought not to be out in this weather, if you will permit me the remark.' 'No: I'm ashamed of bringing him out, and shan't look on him with satisfaction,' said I.'Take him and try him, and then take him from me, if you don't mind.' 'Do you know, I would advise your lying down in the shade awhile ?' he observed solicitously.

'I have seen men on the march in Hungary and Italy.

An hour's rest under cover would have saved them.' I thanked him.
'Ice is the thing!' he ejaculated.

'I 'll ride and have some fetched to you.

Rest here.' With visible pleasure he swung to the saddle.