They got on to Baden,--with very little delay at Strasbourg, and found half an hotel prepared for their reception. Here the carriage was brought into use for the first time, and the mistress of the carriage talked of sending home for Dandy and Flirt. Mr. Palliser, when he heard the proposition, calmly assured his wife that the horses would not bear the journey. "They would be so out of condition," he said, "as not to be worth anything for two or three months."

They got to Baden, and found half a hotel prepared for their reception. Here the carriage was brought into use for the first time, and Glencora talked of sending home for Dandy and Flirt. Mr. Palliser calmly assured his wife that the horses would not bear the journey.
"They would be so out of condition," he said, "as not to be worth anything for two or three months."
