"They be the most beastly roads in all England," said Bat, who always found fault with any county in which he happened to be located. "But I'll warrant I'm cleaner than most on 'em. What for any county should make such roads as them I never could tell."
"The roads about there are bad, certainly;--very bad. But I suppose they would have been better had Providence sent better materials. And what do you think of the brown horse, Bat?"
"Well, sir." He said no more, and that he said with a drawl.
"He's as fine an animal to look at as ever I put my eye on," said George.
"He's all that," said Bat.

"They be the most beastly roads in all England," said Bat. "I'm cleaner than most on 'em. But why any county should make such roads I never could tell."
"The roads are very bad, certainly. And what do you think of the brown horse, Bat?"
"Well, sir." He said it with a drawl.
"He's as fine an animal to look at as ever I saw," said George.
"He's all that," said Bat.
