"The mare's company enough for us.

She knows a lot, this mare.

I can see it in her eye.

I understand horses; we'll have a little chat, she and I, when you are gone." Brown cast an uneasy glance at Hexford.
"He'd better not touch her," he cautioned.

"He don't know the beast well enough for that." "He won't touch her," Hexford assured him.