[Lord Ormont and his Aminta by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookLord Ormont and his Aminta CHAPTER XVIII 11/22
I want that bit of seat in front for my feet.' Morsfield kicked at his horse's flanks, and between Weyburn and the chariot step, cried: 'Back, sir!' His reins were seized; the horse reared, the unexpected occurred. Weyburn shouted 'Off!' to the postillion, and jumped in. Morsfield was left to the shaking of a dusty coat, while the chariot rolled its gentle course down the leafy lane into the high-road. His friend had seized the horse's bridle-reins; and he remarked: 'I say, Dolf, we don't prosper to-day.' 'He pays for it!' said Morsfield, foot in stirrup.
'You'll take him and trounce him at the inn.
I don't fight with servants.
Better game.
One thing, Cumnock: the fellow's clever at the foils.' 'Foils to the devil! If I tackle the fellow, it won't be with the buttons.
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