It was the most horrible sight you can imagine.' 'Why did you do it, Gerald ?' asked Hermione, calm and interrogative.
'She must learn to stand--what use is she to me in this country, if she shies and goes off every time an engine whistles.' 'But why inflict unnecessary torture ?' said Ursula.

'Why make her stand all that time at the crossing?
You might just as well have ridden back up the road, and saved all that horror.

Her sides were bleeding where you had spurred her.

It was too horrible--!' Gerald stiffened.
'I have to use her,' he replied.

'And if I'm going to be sure of her at ALL, she'll have to learn to stand noises.' 'Why should she ?' cried Ursula in a passion.