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the bitrtrer the fence the better she hked it I We 

 were awav with a fox in a hurry one day, when a 

 fence and a brook came early in the run. The 

 huntsman and the Field did not face it. I took it, 

 and went over ; the Queen jumped it with a good 

 start ; we then jumped more fences, and were 

 riding along when I heard myself called by name, 

 and, greatly excited, her Majesty said, " There is 

 nobody with the hounds but ourselves, not even 

 the huntsman or the whipper-in ; if my Sister 

 were here she would love it ! " I often heard 

 remarks of this kind, and in the spring it was 

 announced that the Empress of Austria intended 

 to pay a visit to England. 



From time to time most amusing remarks 

 would fall from the ex-Queen's lips. Once she said, 

 " I do see some of the gentlemen go and look at 

 the hedge, then they go to another place and look, 

 and then they go over, is that better for them ? " 



The performances of Pilot and Pickles were 

 so entirely satisfactory that I dissuaded her 

 Majestv from riding any other horses. Her style 

 of riding was only suitable for a perfect horse, 

 possessed of the most accomplished manners. 

 After a time a young Irish horse called Chit 

 arrived ; I observed that there was a great longing 

 on the part of the Royal Lady to ride this animal. 



