He had a strange pleasure in hurting the feelings of others.

Besides, he disliked youth: in his own youth he had enjoyed so much that he grew sour when he saw the young.
Meanwhile Arthur Beaufort and his friends, careless of the warmth of the day, were laughing merrily, and talking gaily, as they made for the suburb of H----.
"It is an out-of-the-way place for a horse, too," said Sir Harry Danvers.
"But I assure you," insisted Mr.Watson, earnestly, "that my groom, who is a capital judge, says it is the cleverest hack he ever mounted.

It has won several trotting matches.

It belonged to a sporting tradesman, now done up.

The advertisement caught me." "Well," said Arthur, gaily, "at all events the ride is delightful.