"No doubt it was a fortunate discovery, for had the musketeers lain hidden there until we were beaten back after our first charge, and then poured their fire into us, it would doubtless have thrown us into some confusion, and might even have caused a panic for a while." "Now, master, if you will mount this horse I will be off and catch another; there are scores of them running about riderless, some of them belonging to the marshal's men, but many more to the Germans, and a few that galloped off riderless each time Enghien fell back." "Don't take one of those, Paolo; it might be claimed by its master's lackeys; get one of the best German horses that you can find.

You might as well get two if you can, for I want a second horse while I am here with the prince.".