No conspiracy against him has a chance of success; no sedition will meet with sympathy;--that is, if he be successful in showing sport.

If a man be sworn at, abused, and put down without cause, let him bear it and think that he has been a victim for the public good.

And let him never be angry with the master.

That rough tongue is the necessity of the master's position.

They used to say that no captain could manage a ship without swearing at his men.
But what are the captain's troubles in comparison with those of the master of hounds?
The captain's men are under discipline, and can be locked up, flogged, or have their grog stopped.