Author: F. Anstey Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories:
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ISBNs: 9781507720929 1507720920 |
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[...] 'You will only reduce me to the painful necessity of rolling on you, ' he replied. 'You must see that you are to a certain extent in my power. Suppose it occurred to me to leap those rails and take you into the Serpentine, or to run away and upset a mounted policeman with you-do you think you could offer much opposition?' I could not honestly assert that I did. 'You were introduced to me, ' I said reproachfully, 'as a kind horse!' 'And so I am-apart from matters of business. Come, will you buy, or be bolted with? I hate indecision!'[...].
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