'Making an ass of myself!' exclaimed the Major.
'Yes;--considerably.'
'I think you are a little hard upon your friend,' said the Duke,
with an attempt at a laugh. 'It is not to be supposed that he
should know how utterly indifferent I am to everything connected
with the turf.'
'I thought, my Lord Duke, you might care about learning how
Silverbridge was going on.' This the poor little man said almost
with a whine. His partner's roughness had knocked out of him
nearly all the courage which Bacchus had given him.
'So I do; anything that interests him, interests me. But perhaps
of all his pursuits racing is the one to which I am least able to
lend an attentive ear. That every horse has a head, and that all
did have tails till they were ill-used, is the extent of my stable
knowledge.'
'Very good indeed, my Lord Duke, very good indeed! Ha, ha, ha!-all
horses have heads, and all have tails! Heads and tails. Upon my
word that is the best thing I have heard for a long time. I will
do myself the honour of wishing your Grace good-night.
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