Lord Alfred made his reply almost in a whisper. "If you ask me, I don't think he could. If you got him down and trampled on him, you might make him mild. I don't think there's any other way."
"You couldn't speak to him, then?"
"Not unless I did it with a horsewhip."

Lord Alfred made his reply almost in a whisper. "If you ask me, I don't think he could."
"You couldn't speak to him, then?"
"Not unless I did it with a horsewhip."
