Die übermütigen Tiere stiegen, bockten und schlugen aus, während die Herren und Kutscher fluchten und lachten. Die ganze Nacht hindurch gab es auf den mondbeglänzten Landstraßen in Karriere über Stock und Stein heimrasende Fuhrwerke.
At night when they left, the horses, stuffed up to the nostrils with oats, could hardly be got into the shafts; they kicked, reared, the harness broke, their masters laughed or swore; and all night in the light of the moon along country roads there were runaway carts at full gallop plunging into the ditches, jumping over yard after yard of stones, clambering up the hills, with women leaning out from the tilt to catch hold of the reins.