And you are, I see, a very skilful cavalier.

The way you quieted that horse of yours was wonderful.

We have all been talking of it.

Ride with them!' I begged to be excused.

The essence of the fantasia is to show off one's own prowess and one's horse's paces while careering madly in a widish circle round some given object--an open carriage with some great one in it, or a bridal pair--taking no note of obstacles, dashing over rocks and gulleys and down breakneck slopes, loading and firing off a gun at intervals, in full career.