The man who brought them said they were from Count Eulenfurst, and handed me this note: "'Pray accept the horses we send you, as a feeble token of our gratitude.

May they, by their speed and staunchness, carry you unharmed through dangers well nigh as great as those you faced for us.'" Fergus walked by the side of the soldier as he led the horse round to the stable.
"There, sir," Karl said, pointing to a pair of splendid animals; "they are fit for a king." "'Tis a noble gift, and indeed, I doubt whether the king himself has such horses in his stables.

The question is, what is to be done with them?
My present charger is an excellent one and, as a gift of the marshal, I could not part with it.

As to the others, it is out of the question that I can take both.

It would be altogether contrary to rules.