Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 40
ic count hadfor his riding-companion a German artist namedJohann Prestel, as bold and daring a man aswas the count. The footman of Count Sandorwas also in the carriage. Suddenly, as they drove past the head ofthe staircase, the count, almostwithout a word, turned his four-in-hand toward the steep… … 28 HISTORIC GIRLS. [November, expert driver and could guide his plunging steedswith much skill and ease,so thatthis ride downstairswas not as fearful or dangerous as it would havebeen with a less skillful driver; but it was wildenough as it was, and even the bold artist foundthe staircase quite…
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