I felt bound to tell Captain Brace of Lieutenant Barton's proposal
respecting my horses, and he looked at me sharply. "Do you wish him to
manage that for you?" he said.
"Certainly not," I replied quickly; "he is quite a stranger, and I have
known you from leaving England."
"He has not a very high opinion of my knowledge of horses, I know; but I
think I can save your father some money in the transaction; and I
promise you that you shall be well-mounted. And, by the way, Vincent, I
don't want to worry you with advice, but I must tell you one thing. The
climate here is very trying to an English constitution, and if a man--"