A busy man should always keep good horses." "If he can afford to do so," Charlie said with a laugh.

"I should say that every one, busy or not, would like to sit behind such horses as these, and, as you say, it would save a good deal of time to one who travelled much.

But three such horses as these would only be in the reach of one with a very long purse." "They were bred here.

Their sire was one of three given by the king of England to the czar.

The dams were from the imperial stables at Vienna.