238 LADIES ON HOESEBACK. 



things more trying to the nerves than to sit 

 behind a determined bolter. Perhaps I write 

 feeHngly, having been in that predicament 

 myself three years ago, resulting in a fractured 

 hip and permanent lameness. I will most 

 certainly admit that the chivalrous gentleman 

 did all, and more than was necessary, to avert 

 further peril to the lady who had so narrow an 

 escape. As for the obnoxious term " rough 

 rider," to which exception is taken, it was 

 intended to be used generally and not 

 individually ; if it has unfortunately happened 

 that Mrs. Power O'Donoghue, whom I have 

 never had the pleasure of seeing, took it in a 

 personal sense, I most sincerely beg her 

 forgiveness, and will ask her rather to accept, 

 as appHcable to herself, the earher remarks 

 about ladies on horseback at the conclusion of 

 my letter, and the assurance of my belief that 

 such a gentlewoman as she is described could 

 never be a rough rider in any way. 



I am, &c, 



Jeemyn. 



