May I ask what sort of animal you do like to ride ?" "Well, miss, summat between them two.

When I rides I likes to be at peace.

If I wants work, there's plenty in the yard.

If I wants fretting and fuming, I can go home: I'm a married man, ye know.

But when I crosses a horse I looks for a smart trot and a short stepper, or an easy canter on a bit of turf, and not to be set to hard labor a-sticking my heels into Goliah, nor getting a bloody nose every now and then from Black Bess a-throwing back her uneasy head when I do but lean forward in the saddle.
I be an old man, miss, and I looks for peace on horseback if I can't get it nowhere else." All this was delivered whilst saddling Black Bess.