Of the two, I think that I should prefer being on a ship, during a storm." Rochejaquelein laughed.
"It is all a matter of training," he said.

"As for me I feel twice the man, on horseback, that I do on foot.

I have never tried fighting on foot, yet; and I should certainly feel altogether out of my element, the first time that I attempted it.
"However, I will not press the animal on you.

I shall send it and the other to some cottage, in the heart of the woods, whence I can have them fetched when needed." "I am sure that we are greatly obliged to you," Jean said.

"As I told you, when relating our adventure in Nantes, we had to leave our horses behind us there though, had we captured the town, we should have recovered them.