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hitherto obliged me to dismount and 
get over the space on foot. 
This morning, when we came to a 
nasty boggy place, with several small 
water cuts running through it, I obeyed 
the imp with reluctance. Well, we got 
over it—Blondey, the imp, and I—with 
nothing worse than wet feet and shat- 
tered nerves. 
I attempted to mount, and had one 
foot in the stirrup and one hand on the 
pommel, when Blondey started. Like 
the girl in the song, I could not get up, 
I could not get down, and although I 
had hold of the reins, I had no free 
hand to pull them in tighter, and you 
may be sure the imp did not help me. 
Blondey, realising there was something 
wrong, broke into a wild gallop across 
country, but I clung on, expecting every 
moment the saddle would turn, until I 
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